COVID-19: FG to engage volunteers for house-to-house sensitisation
The Federal Government is engaging community volunteers for house-to-house sensitisation on the dangers and spread of COVID-19.
“The COVID-19 burden is, as we know not evenly distributed within the country, with Kano and Lagos bearing the highest burden. He said that the Federal Medical Centre Lokoja and University of Calabar Teaching Hospital would be prioritised for the deployment of Gene Xpert machines as soon as the test kits were validated by the Medical Laboratory Science Council.
He, however, said that as the President advised that it was best to be fully prepared even if Nigerians do not have to use it. He noted that the head of the isolation centre, in the introductory phase, would be the Medical Director of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, one of the most experienced virus disease hospitals in Nigeria.He, however, said that the FMOH has conducted an analysis of Health Care Worker Infections and identified critical areas for targeted intervention, to include continuous updates and retraining.
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