₦airaland Forum

The Federal Government said it might consider treating coronavirus patients at home because of the shortage of bed spaces at isolation centres.

This was disclosed by the Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday.

He said there was bed spaces shortage especially in Lagos and partly in Abuja and Kano where the cases were high.
The DG said, “Across the country we have about 3,500 bed spaces identified and available for COVID-19. But in Lagos, we are already struggling.

“We are going to work with that to keep trying and making more spaces available but ultimately we might have to change our strategy a little bit, considering home care in certain circumstances where the person is able to provide a room where he or she can be managed sufficiently and secondly we are able to support the care by enabling health workers to come to the house.


“We will always be honest with Nigerians, we are struggling at the moment, we might have to adapt our strategy because of the realities we face over the next few days and weeks. As we do that we will make that clear to Nigerians. Our policy hasn’t changed but the pressure is there and it might have to change in the next few days.”

The FG had earlier called on state governments to make at least 300 bed spaces isolation centres available in their states because of the rise in confirmed cases of COVID-19, while also calling in homeowners to donate buildings to serve as isolation centres.

GodPunishCorona:
Just imagine what Nigeria has turned into.

garyaustin:
We have Nigerian Army/Soldier. Please do not take your tribal stupidity to the Highly Respected Nigerian Army. Igbo Soldier indeed. I am out.

majamajic:
I was talking with one salary earner , he said he wish the lockdown never ends , he was full of confident

I laughed him ,

baysol:
This stupid president of the north will not let kano down but will let down Lagos the epicentre. This man does not mean well at all.

Miracle1991:
you are a hypocrites. The same you that supported AMAKA OKORO who ran way in Edo state after discovering that she is positive.
Now you get mouth to say rubbish.
Thank God your types and just 5% in Nigeria.

GreatResearcher:
and what if they've gone there and she was nowhere to be found? have you thought in that direction or has sentiment beclouded your sense of reasoning?

AkupeMBANO:
it's 72..Lol

AmTruth:
But the governor also mentioned that she has been unreachable, which I am convinced that having known her house address means they also tried reaching there.

God bless Nigeria!!!

xcelentattitude:
You mean "innocently unreachable "
No offense o

Acmepreneur:
You are wrong, the reason why it became epidemic is because names were not called out. If all the names of people that came from abroad was called out with their address right at when they were at the airport, people would have ran away from them like plague and thus, they won't be able to infect anyone.
I'm in total support of calling them out, I'm sure she's the type that would say **in Jesus name, it can't affect me**

Rgade:
You mean after she was "suspected" of having the virus, samples were drawn from her for testing and she wasnt confined but was left to roam about awaiting her results?
Now that she has tested positive they have started looking for her like headless chickens.
You done see say na comedy we dey act for this country