The Federal Government (NigeriaGov) on Tuesday said no fewer than 812 health workers have been infected with the COVID-19 virus in the line of duty.
The Federal Government on Tuesday said no fewer than 812 health workers have been infected with the COVID-19 virus in the line of duty.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, in Abuja. “Crossing the 10,000 mark was quite a significant event, and every night when we work so hard to bring out those numbers, sometimes numbers begin to feel like what they are, that we forget that they are people behind each number.“We have had 812 healthcare workers infected. They are not just numbers. Twenty-nine of these work for the NCDC. They are people I know who have families, wives and children. About eight of them right now are in the Idu treatment center.
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