Good day! Welcome to episode 15 of TNG’s daily updates on Clovid-19 across the globe. Emman Ovuakporie, Regional Editor, TNG.
China, where the coronavirus emerged late last year, has managed to bring its outbreak under control and is easing travel restrictions in virus hot spots.
But there are concerns that the end of lockdowns will see thousands of infectious people move back into daily life without knowing they carry the virus, because they have no symptoms and so have not been tested.
Up to now, the number of known asymptomatic cases has been classified, and it is not included in the official data, though the South China Morning Post newspaper, citing unpublished official documents, recently said it was more than 40,000.
In an effort to dispel public fears about hidden cases of the virus, the government has this week ordered health authorities to turn their attention to finding asymptomatic cases and releasing their data on them.
Health authorities in Liaoning province were the first to do so on Wednesday, saying the province had 52 cases of people with the coronavirus who showed no symptoms as of March 31, they said in a statement on a provincial government website.
Hunan province said it had four such cases, all of them imported from abroad, it said in a statement on its website.
The National Health Commission is due to start reporting aggregate, national data on asymptomatic cases later on Wednesday.
British citizens expect total blackout
As Covid-19 effects bite hard, British citizens have been advised to prepare for total blackout.
This is due to shortage of engineers who could no longer come to work as they are under excuse due to ailments.
The British energy authority on Monday advised that citizens should store warm water and other necessary accessories needed to combat the expected power blackout.
Deploy fire service to fumigate our roads now, Rep Abonta urges FG
The member representing Ukwa East Federal Constituency of Abia State, Rep Uzoma Nkem-Abonta Wednesday advised the Federal Government to deploy fire service men to fumigate federal roads across the nation.
Abonta made this disclosure in a telephone chat with thenewsguru.com, TNG, stressing that since the virus can survive on ground, fumigating the roads could limit its spread.
He said”we can use part of all these monies we are donating to buy detergent if we can’t afford expensive chemicals for now.
On accreditation of well established hospitals as isolation centres, Abonta said”oh yes the Federal Government can accredit some of these private hospitals across the country and use them as centres.
“This will go a long way in helping to reduce large crowds in the few centres we have for