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Corona Virus Lockdown And Keeping Spirits High With The Splinterlands Game

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There was a lot of misconception about the corona virus when it first hit our news table in Nigeria because loads of people saw it as something that was far away from our shores and didn’t think it will ever hit the country. As time went by we started hearing that it had not only cost a lot of loss of lives to people in China, but that it had also reached many other country which were far away from China.

The UK, Italy, Spain, the US and loads of other Asian countries had been hit by this virus. A lot of us started learning about the virus, how it can be transmitted and other stuff like that. With the help of social media, most of this information was readily available including fake news.

Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people and Lagos where I reside is considered as the commercial hub of the country and also the gateway entrance into the country. This makes Lagos prom to a lot of illness that is transmitted from person to person. That was the case when Ebola hit the state some years ago.

The good news is that the Lagos State government has been able to build and maintain facilities that could counter such illness in record response time. So, a lot of people have confidence in the state government to react accordingly when such challenges occur.

When we heard in the news that the Corona virus had finally entered the country through an Italian, it was indeed a great shock to many because a lot of people just didn’t believe the virus would survive in the heat of West Africa. From a state of unbelief a lot of people moved to a state of anxiety and panic because the numbers of people getting infected daily were growing rapidly. Fortunately, for us there has only been two deaths recorded.

The Federal government in a bid to stop the spread of the virus announced a lockdown in the two states (Lagos and Ogun states) mostly affected plus the Federal Capital Territory which is the capital city of the country. And has found itself to be the second most hit territory. This is largely due to the international Airports that welcome most of the people coming into the country from foreign lands. Based on the statistics of the confirmed cases of people that have the corona virus, majority of them are people that came into the country with the virus.

Some of the people coming into the country were wise enough to isolate themselves and monitor their health situation and alert the authorities where it was necessary while others just went ahead and mixed with people before it was discovered they had it. At the moment three state Governors have confirmed that they tested positive to the virus. This goes to show that the virus is no respecter of person, religion, culture or anything for that matter.

The lockdown has seen almost all economic activity grounded, no religious or social gathering and this is not at all good news to many. But many understand the need to get rid of this virus, so we are all making the sacrifices in our own little way to combat the virus.

Splinterlands Game

I have been playing the splinterlands games to lighten up my day and catch some fun because the news latterly just keeps updating us on how many more people are getting infected and that can be scary. The social media isn’t left out in the drama, while we see a lot of conspiracy theories flying around with loads of fake new too, we still have some comic relief videos that goes with the situation.

I got the Fire Splinter today and it was a toughy, I spent almost two hours trying to complete the daily quest, I was doing battle with other splinters where I felt the fire splinter was weak. Since there wasn’t really anything one can do after completing the quest I decided to go with the flow.

Rewards day 150

The reward opening was not so great but that isn’t much of what I am worried about of late. My prayer goes out to those who have been confirmed to test positive to the virus. I pray they get better soon and rejoin their family.

You watch one of my battles using the link below, thanks:

https://steemmonsters.com?p=battle&id=34e26e74077e40a4837887d8ebc3c641fce010bc&ref=ketcom

If you haven’t joined the splinterlands games you can use my referral link https://steemmonsters.com?ref=ketcom to join and I’ll give you all the support I can offer including one or more free cards. Thanks. There are referral rewards offered by splinterlands when a new member joins using your referral link, so can check that out as well.

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