Nigerian Government has given reason for the rising cases of
death in recent days.
The government is worried that there might have been an
increase in the number of deaths not associated with the dreaded COVID-19 since
the virus entered Nigeria.
FG noted that the rise in reported death cases could be
attributable to fear by some Nigerians to visit hospitals or health workers
refusing to attend to patients for fear of contracting Coronavirus.
This was the position of the Presidential Task Force on
COVID-19 on Friday as conveyed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire.
He said there have been some reductions in the activity of
treating routine cases due to fear of the dreaded virus.
“As a result of that, we do worry that some deaths may have
occurred not directly in connection with the coronavirus. If a person couldn’t
go to get help in a hospital because of the fear of coronavirus or doctors
refusing to attend to such persons,” he added.
The Minister further explained that the latest statistics
from the National Health Management Information System (NHMIS) shows that
Out-Patient visit dropped from 4 million to about 2 million, Antenatal visits
from 1.3 million to 655 thousand, Skilled Birth attendance from 158,374 to less
than 99,000, while immunization services dropped to about half.
“All these have as yet undetermined consequences, which the
easing of the lockdown should hopefully address. However, the downside of
easing the restrictions needs to be balanced with a collective determination by
all of us, not only to comply with protective and prophylactic advisories, but
to encourage relatives, friends, neighbours and customers to do same,” he said.
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