• Don’t use drugs without doctors’ prescriptions, counsels ministerKamarudeen Ogundele, Tobi Aworinde and Olaleye Aluko The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Tuesday, said the Federal Governm
ent was disturbed that COVID-19 deaths came from many educated, well-to-do Nigerians who chose home-based care and were only rushed to hospitals after sudden complications.
The health minister said, “As we learn more about coronavirus every day, we must be ready to adjust our strategy, based on knowledge and evidence. As of Monday, we had sadly recorded 191 deaths in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The minister said the ministry of health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control were assessing isolation centres across the country.He added, “We have recently been in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and Osogbo, Osun State. We will continue providing diagnostic commodities and facilities in collaboration with partners.”Ehanire added, “On chloroquine, first, we do not at any time or in any way support self-medication.
He said, “The Federal Ministry of Health places special priority on the maintenance of essential services in both private and public hospitals throughout the country, because of the serious harm that arises from neglecting routine healthcare services like immunisation, chronic disease management, and others due to fear of COVID-19 or sole focus on COVID-19.”
He said, ‘We have repeated that we didn’t ask for it. It was given to us by the government of Madagascar to African countries as their contribution towards solution to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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