THE Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Friday said that Nigerians must learn to live with the Covid-19 pandemic for at least one year.
Speaking at the media briefing by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 in Abuja, Iheakweazu said it is a reality our hospitals must live with instead of sending patients away.
Earlier, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, had said that no hospital should reject patients requiring medical attention regardless of whether they show Covid-19 symptoms or not. He commended influential persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 and came out publicly to declare their status, saying that this will go a long way to encourage others in hiding and let people know the magnitude of the pandemic the country and the world is grappling with.
“Also, people who test positive should not disappear but register themselves, especially those with co-morbidities, and should, in fact, be placed on admission and be supervised all through the time. “I must commend persons of influence in society who tested positive for Covid-19 and came out publicly to declare it and entrust themselves to prescribed treatment.“They do us a world of good by showing that there is no shame and nothing to hide about Covid-19, and they also contribute immensely to building confidence in the health system.”
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