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| Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of health, Nigeria |
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The Honourable Minister of
Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has reiterated the importance of adhering to public
advisories declaring that such should not be an issue for government to
legislate on or use security officers to enforce before the public adheres to
them.
“I shall reiterate again the
importance of adhering to public health advisories (wearing our face masks,
observing social distancing, practising hand washing or sanitizing, standard
respiratory hygiene, avoiding crowds and all non-essential travel).
“The importance of these and
similar measures is such that compliance should be taken as a civic duty and
obligation for every citizen, where each should be responsible for the other.
As such, enforcement or policing should not be necessary, for what is meant to
preserve life and health. Therefore I call for considerate attitude and social
adjustment to the challenges we face at this moment.”
This much and others were
dwelt on by Dr. Ehanire in his address delivered at the Presidential Task Force
(PTF) on COVID-19 Press Briefing on Friday, 15th May, 2020.
Dr. Osagie Ehanire said
“adherence to advisory against interstate travel and compliance with other
simple measures like use of masks and avoiding crowds will significantly
mitigate the burden” of COVID-19 infection and spread along with “more diligent
testing, treatment, isolation and tracing.”
The Honourable Minister of
Health also revealed the statistics of COVID-19 spread as at 14th May, 2020:
“193 new covid-19 cases were confirmed in the past day in 15 states- Lagos(58),
Kano(46), Jigawa(35), Yobe (12), FCT(9), Ogun(7), Plateau(5), Gombe(5) Imo(4),
Edo(3), Kwara(3), Borno(3), Bauchi (1), Nasarawa (1), Ondo(1), bringing the
total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria over the 5,000 line to 5,162 in 34
States and the FCT. Till date, 1180 patients have been treated and discharged
from hospital care and 167 deaths have sadly been recorded.”
Further breakdown was given
in terms of the case gender ratio which he said remains at about 70 to 30
percent for men and women respectively, while case fatality hovers around 3%”
said Dr. Ehanire.
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