The Federal Government has said that the nation has so far tested 113,575 Nigerians out of which 12,847 were active cases, with 2.55 percent fatality rate.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Monday in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
“We also saw the highest number of daily diagnosed new cases last Thursday of 745, but with 436 over the past 24 hours. While the overall trajectory was predicted as the a course of events, explained both by increased community transmission and rising testing capacity, it is a reminder that we must not only, not let down our guards, but begin to restrategize on additional measures of keeping control of the situation.
“This will not be the sole responsibility of government, but of all citizens, individually and collectively. It is also the prime feature of the National COVID-19 Response Action Plan of the Federal Ministry of Health, which tries to map a near, medium and long term health sector response strategy to the challenge, across all areas of health, over the next three-year period,” Ehanire said.
The minister also advise persons with symptoms and those with underlying diseases or over 60 years of age, to check into an isolation or treatment centre, for observation, saying this could save their lives.
He said, “Though up to 80 percent of cases can be asymptomatic, it helps to also bear the known common symptoms in mind, these being fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose and difficulty in breathing.
“Additional signs can be headache, diarrhea, nausea and fatigue. While symptomatic treatment can be vital in preventing complications, close clinical observation, early enough, can be decisive.”
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