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We Should Thank God For COVID-19, Dead Bodies Would Have Littered Everywhere If It Was Ebola – PTF

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Governors, traditional and religious leaders have been blamed for condoning large gatherings and breaking of safety protocols, while electioneering in Edo State and burial of Senator Buruji Kashamu in Ogun State.

This was made known by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, during its national press briefing yesterday.

The force noted that it was shocked by the development.

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Kashamu, who died on Saturday from COVID-19 complications, was buried in his Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, home on Sunday amidst a  very large crowd who disregarded safety protocols.

Also, political parties have held campaign rallies in Edo State ahead of the September 19 governorship election.

PTFs National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, was asked about the large crowds at the campaigns and at the burial, where social distancing rule was broken and many people failed to wear face masks.

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Responding, Aliyu said, “I must say that we are dismayed with the level of compliance, when it comes to some of these activities.

According to him, COVID-19 does not spread like a proper pandemic, adding that if it was like Ebola, there would be dead bodies littered on the street.

His words “The issue is; we know that COVID-19 does not act like a proper pandemic. If you have a proper pandemic like Ebola, as I have always said, you will have dead bodies on the streets, people bleeding to death; that sharp factor is there and we do not need to do anything further to convince people to protect themselves and to do the right thing.

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He added that we are faced with a pandemic which is an invisible enemy.

He said “we are faced with a pandemic where the majority of us would probably not have come across somebody with COVID-19.