Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce , briefing on COVID-19 in the country.
“In addition, Chinese medical experts, comprising doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and public health managers will share their knowledge, skills and real-life experience of fighting COVID-19 with Nigerian personnel to strengthening management of COVID-19 cases, especially with regard to critical care,” he said.
“We have a window of opportunity to strengthen our own response mechanism through lessons learned from any country that has had the experience and can provide hands-on demonstration of dealing with the outbreak and give the Nigerian clinical workforce the opportunity to share global best practices,” he explained.He said that the government was also working with the African Union to implement a continental response.
Earlier, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force for the control of COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, said that the lockdown was not punitive. According to him, these include 1, 300,000 medical masks, over 150, 000 pieces of assorted personal protective equipment as well as 50 medical ventilators. “The support coming from China is a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative by CCECC, a company with total value of infrastructure contracts worth 10 billion dollars in Nigeria.
Why not Italy, Spain etc but Nigeria; I call this help in disguise. The Chinese people knew what exactly they want in Africa but Africa is yet to realize what she has
Let them send the mechanisms...rather than coming down...its not so fair on the part of out health workers. Nigeria govt believes too much in importation....now we still import human beings....chinko for that matter?
Harbubakre Naija run o! Don't allow those short bastards touch you.
We said we don't need them! What is wrong with you block heads
Story for the gods. Thank God this pandemic started with the cabals. Else, many people would have whereas MBuhari govt will say the virus isn't in Nigeria. Shameless govt. MBuhari is indeed a curse to humanity
Everyone know what you all are saying ain't the truth... Getting med supplies or equipments from China at this time ain't what we need... Please leave them in their country NigeriaGov NGRPresident
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