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Schools can’t be shut forever, COVID-19 won’t go soon – Virology prof, Olaleye
Published 25 January 2021
A professor of Virology, Department of Virology, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Prof. David Olaleye, stresses the need for adherence to COVID-19 protocols, policy evaluation by the Federal Government, infrastructural development and citizen education as schools resume in the country in this interview with
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Nigeria recorded 2,000 cases of COVID-19 with death toll rising beyond 1,420 as schools resumed across the country on Monday, how wise is the decision to reopen the schools?
As I once said, it is a matter of balance; a very delicate balance between what we have to do and the unfortunate situation of the pandemic. One basic fact is that this virus is not going to disappear just overnight. Increasing the rate of infection is an indication that the virus is getting adopted to human infection. The fact is that respiratory viruses ar