The federal government says many of the countries it is
hoping will help Nigeria fight the coronavirus pandemic are also facing
challenges.
During a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Geoffrey
Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, however, said the countries are still
“cooperating”.
He said Nigeria is learning measures being used to combat
COVID-19, and is also in touch with those that could assist with the tools it
lacks to combat the infection.
“We are in touch with foreign countries and learning from
them … we are also engaging countries on some equipment that we don’t have,”
Onyeama said.
“As you know we are very short on ventilators. So we have
engaged a lot of countries and we hoping to source some.
“But of course a lot of countries we are looking unto for
assistance are also facing huge challenges themselves but nevertheless are
cooperating with us.”
The minister also said some countries which have been able
to mange the pandemic are “offering medical doctors”, adding that such kind of
support “will absolutely be invaluable for us.”
“We also saw some situations where some countries also
helped us in facilitating airlift to bring back some Nigerian resources to come
and help in this fight,” he said.
As of 8pm on Tuesday, Nigeria had 139 cases of COVID-19,
with two people dead from the complications of COVID-19.
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