One hundred days after Italian contractor on February 27, 2010 became the index case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, Nigeria became the third African country to record over 10, 000 cases of the dreaded virus. Nearly 4, 000 patients have so far recovered and were discharged, while over 330 deaths have been recorded. The EOC, is leading the national public health response to the pandemic in the country, with state EOC’s leading efforts at the state level. To build this kind of capacity in 100 days is huge, and we must commend the NCDC. Regarding the new guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, which provides that a negative test will no longer be required to discharge a patient, he said, “in the management of COVID-19 cases, Nigeria has been following science in taking decisions.

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2020 04:30 UTC