The Federal Government said it is considering the option of home-care treatment for COVID-19 patients as States are running out of bed spaces, especially in Lagos, Abuja and Kano.
Speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, explained it is struggling in certain States to provide bed spaces for patients and might have to switch to managing people from their homes.
“We are struggling at the moment and we might have to adapt our strategies because of the realities we face.“Our policy hasn’t changed but the pressure is there and that might have to change in the next few days.” The Control of Infectious Diseases bill, seeks to empower the NCDC to make it more proactive and not just reactive and function when there is an outbreak.If or when it is signed and becomes law, it will empower the NCDC to administer necessary vaccines to curb the spread of pandemics and make regulations for preventing the introduction and spreading of infectious diseases in Nigeria.
“I think they are doing their very best to come up with solutions; the only solutions that they can come up with are new laws.
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