Thursday, 07 Jan 2021 09:01 PM MYT
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JANUARY 7 The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin:
YAB Tan Sri,
We the undersigned view with much apprehension and concern the current status of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.
Our national metrics paint a very bleak picture of Covid-19 pandemic management.
Despite MCOs and other health interventions, the daily reported cases are not decreasing.
The Cumulative Incidence Density (per 100,000 population) and the Infection Rate (active cases per 1,000 population) is not flattening, with the latest national Infection Rate registered at 0.879 per 1,000 population, meaning between 8-9 persons are actively infected for every 10,000 people.
[FILE PHOTO] Breast cancer
Health experts have urged Nigerians, especially women, to be mindful of the factors that cause the ailment, which is said to be a disease of the genes. Some of these factors include lifestyle, exposure to some chemicals and radiations, heredity and some viruses, all of which can trigger changes in a cell’s genes.
Breast cancer is one of the most common in Nigeria, and often occurs in women, although men can also develop the ailment. Some of the common symptoms of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, bloody discharge from the nipple and changes in the shape, size or texture of the nipple. Metastatic breast cancer, also known as Stage four or advanced breast cancer, is one that has spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes to other parts of the body; most often the bones, lungs, liver or brain.