People living with HIV more vulnerable, says UNAIDS A virologist and chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has faulted calls by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) that six states and Abuja should be placed on red alert following the impending third wave of the pandemic in the country and confirmation of the Delta variant of the disease. The chairman of PSC and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, had said that given the confirmation of the Delta variant, the rising number of infections and hospitalisations in the country, Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been put on red alert as part of preventive measures against a third wave.