{"id":14541,"date":"2020-05-21T13:44:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14541"},"modified":"2020-05-21T13:44:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:44:26","slug":"ncdc-explains-why-covid-19-patients-dance-and-play-at-isolation-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14541","title":{"rendered":"NCDC explains why COVID-19 patients dance and play at isolation centres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Chikwe-Ihekweazu-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/NCDC\">Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)<\/a>, on Thursday explained why some COVID-19 patients in the country were seen in videos playing and dancing at isolation centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Director General of the agency, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the fact that some coronavirus patients are seen playing and dancing in isolation centres does not mean they are not ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ihekweazu stated this while appearing on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, adding that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\">COVID-19<\/a>&nbsp;is an infectious disease which may not necessarily weaken infected persons the way other diseases do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think people really need to understand why people are being put in these centres. Normally, you only go into a hospital when you\u2019re ill, get a diagnosis, and then you are sometimes admitted if you\u2019re very ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut in this case, following the experience from other countries, we made a decision as a country to also put people in isolation centres not just because they are ill on their own but in order to stop them from transmitting this virus to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, these are things we have to use to reassess our decisions. It is very difficult to make decisions based on one viral video. One Whatsapp video does not represent the experience of people across the country. It is very important that as leaders we are not pushed down a decision path because one video happened to go viral. Many people in these centres around the country are complying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ihekweazu further disclosed that the government would have liked to keep asymptomatic patients away from hospitals and rather have them self-isolate so that those who are physically ill would have enough bed spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He however said that with the complex nature of Nigeria and the population, such an approach may not work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday explained why some COVID-19 patients in the country were seen in videos playing and dancing at isolation centres. 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