Osagie Ehanire,
minister of health, says most of those who have tested positive for coronavirus
in Nigeria are aged between 31 and 40 years.
Speaking at the
briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Friday, he said
a lot has been done in the fight against the pandemic.
He also said most
deaths have occurred in older persons.
“The high number of
new cases is due to on-going community transmission and active case search.
From our test statistics, the most affected age group among the positives is
31-40 years while the highest COVID-19 fatality rate is among the older
generation above 50 years of age,” he said.
“We have now
deployed COVID-19 starter packs to all tertiary institutions and Federal
Medical Centers to complement what was earlier sent to each State. The starter
packs consist of medical consumables and disposables, to ensure that our
frontline healthcare workers are protected.”
He urged people not
to engage in avoidable inter-state movement as part of efforts to limit the
spread of the virus.
He said COVID-19
starter packs had been deployed to all tertiary health institutions and federal
medical centres to complement what was earlier sent to states.
“The starter packs
contains medical consumables and disposables to ensure that our frontline
healthcare workers are protected and also that there is synergy and
collaboration between federal tertiary institutions and the host state health
network,” he added.
A total of 981
COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in 25 states and the federal capital
territory.
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