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Friday, August 6, 2021
Roundup: Nigeria sees surge in COVID-19 cases amid doctors' strike
Source: Xinhua| 2021-08-07 00:03:36|Editor: huaxia
by Olatunji Saliu
ABUJA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria has recently seen a surge in COVID-19 cases and fatalities, a development that has brought renewed pressure on the health system and further compounded by an ongoing industrial action by resident doctors in the country.
According to data from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the country recorded 747 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the highest daily count in about six months. And the new cases have been rising in the past weeks. In the week between July 26 and Aug. 1, the number of newly confirmed cases increased sharply to 3,218 from 1,579 reported in the previous week.
"All data indicate that we are now in, no doubt, in the third wave of the resurgence of the SARS-COV-2 infection, which we saw coming a long time ago," said Osagie Ehanire, the minister of Health, at a press briefing in Abuja Monday.
Ehanire said the government are considering strategies to scale up testing and identify positive cases for isolation and treatment, and called for more participation of states in sample collection, preparing isolation and treatment centers...
Friday, August 6, 2021
Roundup: Nigeria sees surge in COVID-19 cases amid doctors' strike
Source: Xinhua| 2021-08-07 00:03:36|Editor: huaxia
by Olatunji Saliu
ABUJA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria has recently seen a surge in COVID-19 cases and fatalities, a development that has brought renewed pressure on the health system and further compounded by an ongoing industrial action by resident doctors in the country.
According to data from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the country recorded 747 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the highest daily count in about six months. And the new cases have been rising in the past weeks. In the week between July 26 and Aug. 1, the number of newly confirmed cases increased sharply to 3,218 from 1,579 reported in the previous week.
"All data indicate that we are now in, no doubt, in the third wave of the resurgence of the SARS-COV-2 infection, which we saw coming a long time ago," said Osagie Ehanire, the minister of Health, at a press briefing in Abuja Monday.
Ehanire said the government are considering strategies to scale up testing and identify positive cases for isolation and treatment, and called for more participation of states in sample collection, preparing isolation and treatment centers...