Over 40 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed.
This is as he explained the reason for the increasing number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past few days.
The minister made the disclosure on Thursday while giving an update on COVID-19 at the presidential task force briefing.
He therefore warned health workers to take every necessary measure to protect themselves while attending to patients.
His words: “I urge you all to take the necessary precautions. Please do not try to treat patients without adequate PPE.
“This advice is necessary due to the number of health workers who have tested positive, they are over 40 now and some others have had to be quarantined in the last two weeks due to exposure and are therefore not able to contribute to the health sector efforts.
“I urge you all to remain vigilant in the line of duty.”
The governor explained the reason for the increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the past few days.
“The high number of new cases is a manifestation of improved testing but also of ongoing community transmission.
“The NCDC laboratories have the capacity to test 1,500 samples per day in 13 laboratories per day.
“We are testing an average of 600 samples per day because that is all the samples collected and sent for testing,” he said.
