The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force
(PTF) on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, has admitted that patients who need ventilators
might not survive.
Aliyu made this revelation while speaking during the daily
briefing on Wednesday.
He once again reiterated the need for Nigerians to take
necessary precautions, especially the elderly and others at high risk of
contracting Coronavirus
“There is 20%-30% survival coming off a ventilator.
“So that is why it is important in the first instance not to
even get COVID-19 because if one gets COVID and happens to fall within the risk
groups in terms of the elderly or diabetic or cardiovascular disease, and you
end up on a ventilator, you have a greater chance of not coming off the
ventilator even in the best health system.
“And that is why people have been dying in Europe, in the
United States etc. Most of the deaths have been linked to ventilators,” Aliyu
said.
As at Thursday, Nigeria has 3,145 confirmed cases of
COVID-19.
A total of 534 patients have been discharged, while 103
deaths have been recorded.
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