The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has said that the contributions by the private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 have led to the provision of about 4,000 isolation beds in the country.
He said this during the unveiling of Thisday Dome testing, tracing and treatment centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
“These measures will result in the addition of close to 4,000 hospital beds across the country and will serve as a significant boost towards our efforts at containing the spread of COVID-19. So, CACOVID has equipped and handed over isolation centres in Rivers, Enugu, Kwara, Ondo and Borno states. To complement the efforts of the government in providing palliatives to those affected by the pandemic, the CBN governor said CA-COVID was also providing some assistance in the form of food items to indigent Nigerians across the 36 states of the federation.
He said, “Needless to state that if we are to wait for foreign countries to develop their own vaccines, we will be the last in the queue to receive curative remedies for our teeming population.
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