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A health expert has faulted an advisory given by the Lagos State commissioner for health which urged Nigerians with symptoms of coronavirus to walk into the state hospitals for treatment saying it would only expose the country to harm.

A health expert has faulted an advisory given by the Lagos State commissioner for health which urged Nigerians with symptoms ofto walk into the state hospitals for treatment saying it would only expose the country to harm.

Mr Abayomi, in the advisory video had listed out the symptoms of the 2019-nCoV and told Lagosians that “if you feel that you are experiencing any of the symptoms or have had a contact either by virtue of travel to South-east Asia or you have come in contact with people that have come in from South East Asia, we will like you to present yourself at one of our general hospitals.”

Mr Okelana said coronavirus is a self limited illness and there is currently no known cure and that the only management is ‘supportive.’He, however, said that the “seriously ill patients” are those who need to be transported using infection control methods to designated hospitals. The SARs like disease was declared a public health emergency of international concern in the last week of January by WHO. This was due to the continual spread of the disease across countries and the lack of understanding by on its patterns of transmission.

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