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Coronavirus: Do not treat patients privately – Minister of Health, warns health workers

Do not treat Coronavirus patients privately - Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie warns health workers

The Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has warned health workers against treating suspected cases of Coronavirus privately.

Osagie who said this at the Presidential Task Force daily media
briefing on Friday April 10, directed all health workers to refer all
cases to certified healthcare facilities for isolation and management.

The Minister said;

”All medical practitioners, health care workers and also the public
are reminded that Covid-19 is such a highly infectious disease and they
should abstain from trying to privately treat or manage these cases in
their homes.

“Only designated treatment centre can provide safe isolation and management of Covid-19 patients.

“All designated isolation and treatment centres have adequate
supplies to manage cases and there is no shortage of Personal Protective
Equipment and no fear of shortage in the short term for health
workers.”

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