The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, says the country is facing challenges to curb the spread of coronavirus in Lagos, Abuja and Kano State.
The NCDC boss specifically stated that there were inadequate bed spaces to accommodate COVID-19 patients in isolation centres.
He said, “In response to the question about bed spaces. There is no doubt about that, we are struggling in certain places especially in Lagos. To an extent Kano and Abuja too but the biggest challenge right now is in Lagos where bad spaces are really tight. “We will always be honest with Nigerians, we are struggling at the moment we might have to adapt that strategy because of the reality we have faced over the next few days and weeks.”Meanwhile, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has assured that the Federal Government is on top of the situation in Kano State.
The NCDC also said that the virus claimed the lives of 11 patients, bringing the total number of deaths to 51.
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