WATER: A Critical substance to Covid-19 Extinction The deprivation of Africans of safe pipe borne water, consistently delivered at point of use, void of on-the-line contaminants either by the means of conveyance or operating personnel will slow down our quest to curb the ravaging Covid-19. Knowing that availability of water is critical to the prevention, management and extinction of the scourge. Water, a lot of it, in quantity and quality is required for hand washing, household cleaning, domestic use, drinking and general consumption. Indisputably, provision and distribution of water, readily available, in quality of required standard to satisfy the purpose of use is essential to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. Whereas, in Africa, very little of the available water meets this standard. The standard of drinking water as specified by WHO is in accordance to the functions of water in the body. Which include: supporting important chemical reaction in...
CORONAVIRUS: Transmission by WATER. In this period of Covid-19 pandemic, scientific researches and studies cannot be over stressed. Hence the needs to examine many ways that the infection could be transmitted, apart from the regular person to person, contact surfaces and Animals. A very rare but, excruciating means of transmission is WATER. Drinking water and water use for other means has a high tendency of transmitting CORONAVIRUS if contaminated with the agent. Studies have revealed that water contaminated with faecal waste of infected person could be a vehicle for a transmission, as well that,Coronavirus is capable of being infectious in reagent water, natural environment water and water contaminated by infected person for a period of weeks depending on some environmental factors. ( Temp. 4°c to 25°c or at ambient). Our attitudes on how we handle water in this part of the world arouse a concern. Poor water sanitation and improper handling could spread the disease more...