Nigeria’s virus hunters buckle under the caseload
Health commissioner of the largest state dismisses concerns as 200 tracers try to serve 25-million
15 July 2020 - 16:22
Lagos/Abuja — Early one evening, Folasade Fadare and her team of four disease hunters piled into a van and headed for Okegun, a rural community down a narrow potholed road in eastern Lagos state.
A coronavirus patient had visited the area, and it was their task to find anyone exposed, isolate them and trace their contacts. The team quickly realised the job was too big: more than 100 people had to be interviewed and tested...
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