Fighting Covid-19 in a place where people don't believe it exists - BBC Africa documentary

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  • čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
  • The number of Covid-19 cases in Africa is on the rise. But in some countries, people still don't believe the pandemic is real.
    BBC Africa's Yemisi Adegoke went inside a Covid-19 treatment ward in Lagos, Nigeria to see how frontline workers are fighting against the virus, despite living in an environment where many still doubt the presence of the pandemic in the country.
    Filmed and Edited by Joshua Akinyemi.
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Komentáře • 143

  • @seguntebrise
    @seguntebrise Před 3 lety +17

    My people perish for lack of knowledge

    • @mizzmention8555
      @mizzmention8555 Před 3 lety

      Yes indeed 😥

    • @ugandakfc5468
      @ugandakfc5468 Před 3 lety

      @Mthuthuzeli Musa If covid is just a flu, why is it's death rate at lot higher than the flu's?

    • @ugandakfc5468
      @ugandakfc5468 Před 3 lety

      @Mthuthuzeli Musa Still wondering the conspiracies about Bill Gates, a millionaire who's fighting for humanity and equality, yet hated because he invested in a vaccine, according to the theorists, it's only for him
      If you have no idea of what ur saying just leave the internet

    • @ugandakfc5468
      @ugandakfc5468 Před 3 lety

      @Mthuthuzeli Musa and if someone with diabits caught the flu, then died, they would have counted as a flu death, it's how it works

    • @ugandakfc5468
      @ugandakfc5468 Před 3 lety

      @Mthuthuzeli Musa JESUS CHRIST! You still believe in conspiracy theories?! WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD DEPOPULATE AFRICA??
      Conspiracy theorist: bIlL gaTeS wOUlD!
      Honestly, stop watching fake doctors and Fox news! I beg you

  • @MrBrian5597
    @MrBrian5597 Před 3 lety +5

    oowh people are still talking about corona????? in our country we forgot about that long time after we discovered it has 95.5% recovery rate if you healthy... actually you dont have to go to the hospital

    • @ParallaxiMaxime
      @ParallaxiMaxime Před 3 lety

      And the other 4.5%? What are their thoughts on the... oh, wait, never mind.

    • @MrBrian5597
      @MrBrian5597 Před 3 lety

      Dustin Charles taking into consideration that only 100 people have died in 6 months with a population of 52,000,000. Doesn’t sound like something worth destroying the economy for. And too lots of this sanitization might lower our immune system leading to future issues

    • @MrBrian5597
      @MrBrian5597 Před 3 lety +1

      Dustin Charles our police kill more people than that figure so I think we have other fish to fry that shouldn’t be on our top list

    • @ParallaxiMaxime
      @ParallaxiMaxime Před 3 lety

      ​@@MrBrian5597 Well then, my suggestion is to have a police fish fry, and to wear masks while doing it.

  • @benjaminsmith2287
    @benjaminsmith2287 Před 3 lety +8

    I don't get it. Of all the places to show a serious outbreak of coronavirus you focus on Nigeria. Numbers are quite low in Nigeria. The highest Covid rates on the continent are in South Africa and Egypt. You can find people all over the USA that are getting violent with others who ask them to wear face masks. The difference is, look at where the USA is in terms of cases and deaths vs. Nigeria. This is a bit of an alarmist profile if you ask me. But Nigerians should take it seriously and wear face masks.

    • @hk-nm8ox
      @hk-nm8ox Před 3 lety +3

      this is bbc *AFRICA* why would they talk about america?

    • @gaj1234
      @gaj1234 Před 3 lety +2

      Indeed..even WHO has praised Nigeria out of all the countries of the world to be the best in tackling it from the onset..the joke is on them..smh

  • @kenyansfactsgalore1983
    @kenyansfactsgalore1983 Před 3 lety +9

    People are not scumbags nor do they not understand
    People are tired of lock down demand by a selfish government

  • @joythomas446
    @joythomas446 Před 3 lety

    My prayers for the Nigerian people. From America. Joy.

  • @t3m185
    @t3m185 Před 3 lety +4

    Since the ease of the lockdown, a lot of people have had the virus and recovered within days without getting to the hospitals.
    It seems recovery is almost a guarantee if you don't get taken to the death and noise centers (Oh, they call it isolation centers).
    The suffering is only inside the wards and it has proven to remain there.
    I personally know tons of people who were sick and had symptoms of the virus since the ease of lockdown. BUT ALL recovered. ALL

    • @royaldiadem8660
      @royaldiadem8660 Před 3 lety

      I did,I saw all the symptoms mentioned, one that was more profound was sneezing and runny nose. I took lots of water,banana, garlic and two boiled eggs in that other with 10 minutes gap on an empty stomach and went to bed. Woke up with no runny nose or sneezing ,only cough.repeated the process and next day cough ceased.

    • @ParallaxiMaxime
      @ParallaxiMaxime Před 3 lety

      @@royaldiadem8660 I haven't heard sneezing and runny nose being symptoms. Did you have a dry cough, or were you able to get something up when you coughed?

    • @Shilpa_Kujur
      @Shilpa_Kujur Před 3 lety +1

      And let me also tell you something, people who I know that didn't go to hospital fucking died of covid. Delusional assholes.

  • @kingsmaneze2731
    @kingsmaneze2731 Před 3 lety +4

    Please where are the 20k plus patients? Check out Ecuador and see

    • @punktsup
      @punktsup Před 3 lety

      where is ecuador, how to get there?

  • @BabyBytheBeach
    @BabyBytheBeach Před 3 lety +5

    Throwback to “Ebola in Town” song when people didn’t take ebola seriously

  • @investmentchannel8051
    @investmentchannel8051 Před 3 lety +4

    I do as my name says 🙏

  • @donesecarr3570
    @donesecarr3570 Před 3 lety +3

    We are hearing in the US that now we know to lay patients on their stomach. It helps.

    • @Larrypint
      @Larrypint Před 3 lety

      In germany that's known since the Spanish flu in 1918 ,it's done to let some pressure from the lunges.

    • @venomrg.
      @venomrg. Před 3 lety

      :0

  • @Gukworks
    @Gukworks Před 2 lety +1

    LOVE THE MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO, scary

  • @sundaySEC
    @sundaySEC Před 3 lety

    May God help Africa

  • @rowlinmoe
    @rowlinmoe Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much for this documentary@BBC Africa. Very timely, particularly for us on the frontline

  • @emmanuelidemudia653
    @emmanuelidemudia653 Před 3 lety +1

    If the government of the day had provided for every for the citizens many would have stayed at home how can you tell someone who has nothing to eat to remain indoors for months? I had a job before this pandemic and I haven't received a penny from my employer all my savings has been exhausted how do you expect me to seat at home when I have nothing left?

  • @Goodmorning1221-
    @Goodmorning1221- Před 7 měsíci

    Your hospital is empty. I see max 2 patients.

  • @iciajay6891
    @iciajay6891 Před 3 lety +2

    Better education would help people understand these things. And therefore take it seriously.

  • @RamaPerkasaChannel
    @RamaPerkasaChannel Před 2 lety

    People smart country

  • @RDCFemmes
    @RDCFemmes Před 3 lety +1

    I thought it was in the US or Brazil....

    • @aebniala
      @aebniala Před 3 lety

      Brasil as no sickness..

    • @joythomas446
      @joythomas446 Před 3 lety +1

      Im from USA. Its very real. Ppl here dying. Ppl I know ! Pls take all precaution ! I want you to live

  • @mybrevisai2508
    @mybrevisai2508 Před 3 lety +7

    Hahahahah, i have never seen or heard of anyone falling ill from covid-19 😅😅😅😂😂😂

    • @Alfie-ft3bx
      @Alfie-ft3bx Před 3 lety +1

      Why don’t you get yourself it see how you feel or you give your family member gets and nearly dies from it 😂😂😂😂

    • @mybrevisai2508
      @mybrevisai2508 Před 3 lety +2

      Alfie Docherty It is what it is, never heard, or seen any1 falling ill from Covid 19

    • @Alfie-ft3bx
      @Alfie-ft3bx Před 3 lety +1

      @@mybrevisai2508 Go to the doctors and have a little sneak around and see people on ventilators dying or ask one of the nurses

    • @mybrevisai2508
      @mybrevisai2508 Před 3 lety +2

      Alfie Docherty hahah, in Tanzania where i am Hospital beds are empty, we don’t even know how a ventilator looks like 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @mybrevisai2508
      @mybrevisai2508 Před 3 lety +2

      Alfie Docherty Such for ‘Simba day’ and ‘Yanga day’ in youtube, then tell me again that we have Corona in Africa 😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @fnzflatj926
    @fnzflatj926 Před 3 lety +3

    Ils ont plus éveillés et conscients qu en Occident.

  • @Rachel-nq5so
    @Rachel-nq5so Před 2 lety

    This is so sad and heartbreaking. Even though we don't believe it is real, we should find a solution if this much people are sick and dying. I think that the reason why covid 19 spread in the first place was because of people who didn't believe it's real. They didn't wear a mask or washed their hands and they eventually got it.

  • @jairsonwinterdal4441
    @jairsonwinterdal4441 Před 3 lety +3

    Actors

  • @TheMrExemplar
    @TheMrExemplar Před 3 lety +1

    It's not real until someone can prove it's real

  • @VinnyWilk
    @VinnyWilk Před 3 lety +1

    These journalists are using badly needed PPE. Perhaps they kind find an alternative form of reporting.

  • @eugeneojirigho2330
    @eugeneojirigho2330 Před 3 lety

    Thanks a lot for this insightful documentary. I hope many Nigerians will watch it. Sadly, many Nigerians still don't believe there is COVID-19 in Nigeria and thus, there is poor compliance to preventive measures such as the wearing of face masks and social distancing. I pray this documentary will go a long way to change some hearts and minds. Thanks. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @robbyddurham1624
    @robbyddurham1624 Před 3 lety

    There are people in the united states that think this way.

    • @Keksdich
      @Keksdich Před 3 lety

      and in Germany

    • @punktsup
      @punktsup Před 3 lety

      @@Keksdich so its really real, why the government dont want to show us?

  • @jonathanisraeljohnson9021

    Well it's simple. it doesn't exist :)

  • @Suomi91
    @Suomi91 Před 3 lety +2

    Let them dig graves for people who have died from Covid-19. #Idiocracy

  • @wardelstephencurry55
    @wardelstephencurry55 Před 2 lety +1

    PLANDEMIC

  • @Curi0u50ne
    @Curi0u50ne Před 3 lety +4

    Shame on you for going out there to sell the lies

  • @IdowuIbrahim
    @IdowuIbrahim Před 3 lety +1

    He is one of the 30 people that will die then .... Mumu

  • @joseferrer6674
    @joseferrer6674 Před 3 lety +2

    Because it doesn’t!

  • @explorster
    @explorster Před 2 lety

    #scamdemic

  • @kellibaridy158
    @kellibaridy158 Před 3 lety +2

    Why doesn't BBC make documentary about UK why is it about Africa

    • @benjaminsmith2287
      @benjaminsmith2287 Před 3 lety +1

      @That girl The highest amount of cases aren't in Nigeria. It's South Africa. Why pick Nigeria?

    • @ParallaxiMaxime
      @ParallaxiMaxime Před 3 lety

      @@benjaminsmith2287 All last month, they were in Sierra Leone. WHAT DO YOU WANT!?

  • @Larrypint
    @Larrypint Před 3 lety +1

    So ignorant, do they not know what happend in Italy,Spain,USA,Brazil etc?

    • @venomrg.
      @venomrg. Před 3 lety +1

      That USA covid-19 poll went fast as lighting

    • @jakel8527
      @jakel8527 Před 3 lety

      Of course they don’t know what is going on there ffs they believe in what they see not what they hear

    • @lidia7356
      @lidia7356 Před 3 lety

      they do, that's why they dont believe it . more thinking and less media

    • @Larrypint
      @Larrypint Před 3 lety +2

      @@lidia7356 mother nature and Corona dont care about beliefs.

    • @lidia7356
      @lidia7356 Před 3 lety

      @@Larrypint indeed, corona does not even exist

  • @jupitired777
    @jupitired777 Před 3 lety

    Yeah this is so true. I keep telling my mom covid-19 is real