Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says COVID-19 can no
longer be described as a disease of the rich.
Speaking at the presidential task force briefing on
Wednesday, Ehanire said the disease has spread to local communities at the
grassroots.
As of Tuesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
said the disease had spread to 24 states and the federal capital territory
(FCT).
Nigeria has 782 COVID-19 cases, out of which 197 patients
have been discharged while 25 people have died.
Ehanire said the primary healthcare (PHC) system is very
important in containing the infection at the grassroots.
“The role of primary healthcare is very important in this
exercise in the sense that now we are in the community transmission phase,” he
said.
“We have passed that era when people used to think that the
coronavirus infection was something for big men and women who came from abroad.
And because it came from abroad, they are the ones who would suffer for it. Now
that it has gone to community level, it is really down at the grassroots and
the role of the primary healthcare comes into play.
“It is very important for them to be able to do the
surveillance, to raise the index of suspicion, to find persons who should go
for treatment and sometimes to move around the community and be able to
identify people who might have symptoms but have not gone to facility.”
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