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EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, March 27, 2020

EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, March 27, 2020

Simple Guide to Managing COVID-19

March 27, 2020 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Friday, March 20, 2020 EiE Nigeria Weekly Update

"Please stay home now if you are in Nigeria, especially Lagos. Don’t use announced figures to measure the spread of the virus. They’re 1 to 2 weeks behind reality because testing follows strict guidelines. This will pass, but we must limit the impact. Have faith and take cover!"- Sam Adeyemi (Senior Pastor, Daystar Christian Centre)

Fake News Roundup!

S/N

Claim

Fact

African blood resistant to Corona virus - Chinese Doctors allege.

There is no medical proof that African blood is resistant to Corona virus.

Air Peace airline brought a Corona virus patient from Lagos to Kano on Tuesday, March 24

No Corona virus passenger arrived at Kano Airport from LAGOS on Tuesday, March 24

My dad's cousin went to LUTH to get tested for Corona virus and they told him he had to pay N1.2 million.

The test for Corona virus is free.

Jamaica has not recorded any case of Corona virus. Are you thinking what I am thinking?

Jamaica has 26 confirmed cases with 1 death. Smoking marijuana will not prevent Coronavirus.

There is no Corona virus in Nigeria, The minister of health cooks the story to defraud the Government, I want to see the Italian man, I want to get the virus too. - Olusegun Obasanjo.

The former president never made the statement.

Garlic and pepper soup can cure Corona virus.

Experts from the World Health Organization, Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and leading epidemiologists around the world have maintained no treatments exist, yet.

Constant sex can kill Corona virus.

Sex is a risk factor as such close contact with an infected person will expose the partner to the disease.

A driver threatened to spread the virus in Nigeria.

The alleged Uber driver whose image was used on the post released a video to debunk the claim.

On February 28, 2020, a trending WhatsApp screenshot of a tweet by @NYSC_Office claimed that funds earmarked for the payment of the February allowance of National Youth Service Corps members had to be channelled to fight Corona virus.

A review of the NYSC’s official Twitter account @officialnyscng showed it was created in July 2018 with 46.1K followers while the handle peddling the misinformation was created in September 2019 with 158 followers.

The US President, Donald Trump claimed at a White House briefing last week that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the “very powerful” drug chloroquine to treat Corona virus.

The FDA after the briefing issued a statement saying it had not approved the drug for use against Covid-19 and is still studying its effectiveness against the disease.

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