Boss Mustapha,
secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says there is not enough
infrastructure to isolate everyone that tests positive for COVID-19.
Nigeria had recorded
more than 10, 000 COVID-19 cases as of May 31.
At a briefing on
Monday, Mustapha who is the chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19,
said the authorities would provide home management guidelines especially for
those without symptoms.
“We have been able
to interrupt the level of transmission and we can now situate the level of
transmission within 20 local government areas that account for the total figure
of 60% of 10, 107 that we have for today,” he said.
“What we need to do
now is to apply a precision intervention process so that we can deal with the
transmission at that level and those particular localities. Provide care for
those that are infected and also put in place a home management guideline because
very soon as the figure scales out, we would not be able to provide isolation
for everybody that has tested positive.
“It’s not done
anywhere. We lack the infrastructure, we lack the capacity to do that. It is
not even advisable. What we have to do is to provide care at the home
management level for those that are asymptomatic and cant dangerously transmit
the virus.”
The SGF said as
there are now more molecular laboratories, COVID-19 tests would be taken closer
to the communities, and the number of cases is expected to increase.
In April, Chikwe
Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),
had said the agency was considering the management of COVID-19 patients in
their homes.
According to him,
there were challenges with getting enough bed spaces at isolation centres, and
as such, patients may have to self-isolate in their homes under strict
guidelines.
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