Nigeria, March 31 -- As COVID-19 continues its onslaught on mankind, the figures are getting grimmer across the world. Houses are being turned into makeshift morgues. Cases are doubling and the death toll is rising every hour.

Health experts have projected the number of people infected to surpass one million in the next few days after noticing a spike in the spread of the disease in the past week.

The disease has taken grips of Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia and is beginning to ravage Africa and South America.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is particularly concerned about the capacity of the poorest countries in the world to control the disease.

Confirmed Cases

As of Tuesday afternoon, there are more than 800,000 c...