The Medical Guild Lagos has raised the alarm that 16 of its members have contracted COVID-19 in the discharge of their duties.
The Chairman of the Guild, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, at a briefing on Monday said his members had been playing critical roles in the response to the pandemic by engaging in training, contact tracing and surveillance, as well as enlightening the public and providing clinical care at isolation centres and hospitals.
Sodipo said the infected doctors were doing fine, adding that none of his members had died in the fight against the pandemic. Speaking on the recent relaxation of the lockdown in the state, Sodipo called for prompt and widespread testing of suspected cases.
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