Osagie Ehanire, the minister of health, says 40 health
workers have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Giving updates on Thursday during the presidential task
force on COVID-19 briefing, the minister urged frontline workers to always
protect themselves when treating patients.
“I urge you all to take the necessary precautions. Please do
not try to treat patients without adequate PPE,” he said, referring to health
workers.
“This advice is necessary due to the number of health
workers who have tested positive, they are over 40 now and some others have had
to be quarantined in the last two weeks due to exposure and are therefore not
able to contribute to the health sector efforts.
“I urge you all to remain vigilant in the line of duty.”
Speaking on the country’s testing capacity, the minister
said the high number of new cases could be attributed to improved testing.
“The high number of new cases is a manifestation of improved
testing but also of ongoing community transmission,” Ehanire said.
“The NCDC laboratories have the capacity to test 1,500
samples per day in 13 laboratories per day.
“We are testing an average of 600 samples per day because
that is all the samples collected and sent for testing.”
He said the under-utilisation can be due to surveillance,
sample collection and mode of transportation which could be improved through
investments in logistics.
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