By Sunny Nwankwo, Umuahia
Residents of Umuahia, the Abia State capital, and their Aba counterparts have expressed fears over what they described as “looming” implosion of COVID-19 in the state.
A cross-section of Umuahia and Aba residents said the health situation of the state “is seriously in danger if the records of positive COVID-19 patients in the state as published by the National Center for Disease Control is anything to go by”.
The respondents added that the absence of a testing centre in any part of the state may be a huge setback to the efforts of the state government to ensure tests results of samples were carried out quickly.
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They feared that the situation in the state is even made worse as many people, for fear of stigmatisation and among other factors, have decided to embrace self-help than seeking proper treatment in government recognised health facilities.
“Many people are now going to the roadside chemist or drug shops to treat themselves. The number of persons being administered drip in chemist shops in Aba is alarming,” Mr. Chukwudi Gilbert stated.
Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia State chapter, Dr. Carol Ejiro Iwuoha, in an interview, stated that the upsurge was predicted, adding that the medical personnel in the state were working assiduously to ensure that those in various isolation centres were well-attended to.
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