COVID-19: 476 Abuja well being employees infected

Anthony Ogunleye, Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Muhammed Bello, revealed this in a press release Made accessible in Abuja

Out of the determine, he stated, 4 medical doctors succumbed to the illness, the newest being a feminine physician.

He additionally stated regardless of the problem of the virus within the FCT and Yuletide, all its hospitals are working at full capability, together with emergencies for adults, youngsters, supply and maternity providers, 24-hour theatre service and different companies.

Ogunleye mentioned: “There has not been every other recorded fatality of a well being personnel over the past one week. You will need to point out that these fatalities didn’t in any manner have an effect on the standard of providers rendered in hospitals and most actually to not the purpose of rendering skeletal providers”.

He said that the FCTA had for the reason that starting of the pandemic, been within the forefront of the battle towards COVID-19 and remained as dedicated as ever in efforts to include the unfold of the virus.

Ogunleye additionally mentioned that the FCTA had continued to position lots of emphasis on testing and was the primary sub-nationwide to achieve the testing goal of 1 per cent of its inhabitants as advisable by the NCDC.

He disclosed that laboratory and pharmaceutical providers and hospital kitchens have been totally operational in all well being services within the territory.

476 well being employees, together with medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory workers, drivers and different auxiliary personnel had been contaminated by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) for the reason that first case was recorded within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it was learnt on Tuesday.

Ogunleye stated that each one clinics would resume full providers after the Christmas vacation.

The assertion reads partly: “the eye of the Federal Capital Territory Administration has been drawn to a newspaper publication saying that FCT hospitals are presently rendering skeletal companies because of the loss of life of 20 medical medical doctors of COVID-19.

“This determine which may be very removed from the reality was credited to Dr. Enemo Amadu, the President of the FCT chapter of the Nigerian Medical Affiliation.

“Dr Amadu had since mentioned that he was misquoted, because the 20 fatalities he gave was the nationwide determine of docs who died of the illness, slicing throughout the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.

“It’s nonetheless pertinent that the FCTA units the information straight in view of the truth that public confidence in public well being establishments may be very important within the face of the present public well being emergency orchestrated by COVID-19.

“Whereas there had been incidences the place COVID-19 optimistic sufferers had contaminated some medical personnel, these personnel and certainly the sufferers had been handled and discharged and the affected hospitals absolutely decontaminated.”

Ogunleye suggested residents of the FCT to look at all well being and security protocols to include the unfold of the virus by observing bodily distancing, frequent hand washing and facial coverings.