Nigerian Government
has again said that no one should pay for running a test for COVID-19, asking
citizens to report anyone who demands payment for such services.
The Minister of
Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said this on Monday, during a briefing by the
Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.
“I wish to remind
everyone that government-run testing for COVID-19 is free. Please report anyone
who demands payment for necessary action,” he said.
The Minister pointed
out that as of July 6, the country has recorded a total of 28,711 confirmed
cases of the deadly virus.
He explained that
11,665 people have been treated successfully and discharged.
Ehanire disclosed
that Nigeria has so far lost 645 fatalities to the disease.
He pointed out that
June 2020 recorded half the total number of deaths recorded so far.
“It means that just
under half of the total fatalities so far recorded occurred in that single
month of June. While we more than doubled the tests done and the number of
cases detected.
“The reduction in
case fatality rate is down to about 2.2 per cent as opposed to about 5 per cent
we have seen on global average,” he said.
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