Anthony Iwuoma
The number of health workers infected by the Coronavirus pandemic rose from 40 to 113 in one week, says Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire.
The minister made the disclosure, in Abuja, on Thursday, during the pressbriefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
Dr. Ehanire commended the health workers but warned them of the dangers of treating COVID-19 patients without using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
“Please, do not treat any patient without using the PPE. Frontline health workers must undertake refresher training at intervals. This warning has become necessary due to the number of health workers, who have tested positive for COVID-19. They are over 40 now and they have been quarantined,” he had said at the Task Force’s media briefing, in Abuja, on April 23.
“The latest figure we have is that 113 health workers have been infected. They are not all public health workers. There are some from private hospitals.
“If you hear us speak frequently against treating Coronavirus in private clinics, we are actually referring to people who do so without precaution and training. They risk infecting themselves and their families. Health care workers with no training have no business handling Coronavirus.”
