The Commissioner said there was nothing wrong soliciting the help of China to help curb Coronavirus in Nigeria.
Lagos State Government needs Molecular biologists and logisticians to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Monday.Lagos has 120 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, with 31 discharged, two evacuated, two dead and 87 active cases.
“We are running short of molecular biologists, we will not mind receiving assistance from any country that can give us human resource capacity. An experienced molecular biologists is trained not less than four years.“I am not aware that we are inviting any doctors from abroad to come and assist us, we are only interested in scientists and molecular biologists and logisticians because 70 per cent of response to COVID-19 is logistics,” he said.
He stated that these fake calls were 80 per cent of the total calls made on the line, lamenting that these fake calls were blocking the state government from attending to those who really needed help, as they were unable to reach government through the lines.Abayomi said of the 87 active cases under its care, only two patients require oxygen with none needing ventilation.
He advised that residents must own the process by taking necessary precautionary measures, practice social distancing, wash their hands with soap, report suspected cases, among others.
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