About 43 million Nigerians have Zika virus – Health Minister Revealed

According to the minister of health of the
federation, the total number of Nigerian who have
been infected with the much-feared Zika virus
stands at 25% of the total population. Given that
Nigeria’s population was 173.6million in 2013
according to the world bank, the exact number of
infected persons, according to the minister, would
be a mind-boggling 43million.
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This disturbing information was made known
when he was invited by the National assembly to
defend the budget of the Federal Ministry of
Health for the year 2016.
Addressing the house, the Minister revealed that
Zika had been in Nigeria long before it became a
matter of global worry. In his exact words;
“I want to say that Zika has been with us since
1954. About 25% of Nigerians are positive to Zika
virus but what has happened is that it has done
nothing to us,” he said.
Also known as Zika Fever, the disease has been
known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt
from Africa to Asia since the 1950s. In 2014,
though, the virus began to spread from one region
to another at an alarming pace till it hit South
America, where it has now reached pandemic
Levels, especially in Brazil.
The virus usually comes with no or only mild
symptoms.