Donate your buildings as isolation centres, minister begs NigeriansOlufemi Atoyebi, Dayo Ojerinde and Tukur Muntari The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, revealed that 113 health wo
rkers had been infected with COVID-19.
Ehanire, who lauded health workers for their commitment to the war against COVID-19, warned them against treating patients without the PPE. He said, “The latest figure we have is that 113 health workers have been infected. They are not all public health workers. There are some from private hospitals. He, however, said that government would continue to provide mental health and counselling support for those feeling the impact of the pressure.
The minister stated, “I have appealed to citizens to make their property available temporarily for this purpose. I am sure that after that, there are many property owners who will come up and donate to state governments for a period of time to be used for this function. He said rapid test kits, which had the capacity to test a large number of people, had yet to be validated by the World Health Organisation.
On a bill at the House of Representatives, the NCDC DG warned against coming up with a health law in the middle of a crisis, stressing that it might not stand the test of time. He stated, “There is struggling especially in Lagos. The biggest challenge is Lagos where bed spaces are really tight. Across the country, we have about 3,500 bed spaces identified that are available for COVID-19. We are going to work more to make bed spaces available but we have to change our strategy. We are struggling at the moment. Our policy has not changed, but the pressure is there.
The chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha, said the group had sent medical items to aid Kano State’s fight against COVID-19. There were reports that no fewer than 100 people died in the state within three days. Those who died included professors and Alhaji Uba Adamu, the father of the Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University.Meanwhile, the state task force on COVID-19 says it will soon publish the pictures of the two remaining patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and are still at large.
NCDC said on its tweeter handle, @NCDCgov, that Lagos was given 27,678 face masks, 2596 coverall gowns and 165 face shields. It stated that the state got the amount because a priority was given to the state with the highest number of cases at the time of distribution.
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