The PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, said the country must brace for the challenge because the pandemic would not go away in few weeks.
He said the conditions for the gradual easing of the lockdown were to slow down the pandemic and ensure there was no rebound.
The Director General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said transmission of COVID-19 to most health workers occurred before the infected patients were diagnosed.
He explained, “Most of the transmissions to health care workers and (most) hospital infections have happened before the diagnosis is made because, once people know it’s a COVID-19 patient, they start dressing from top to bottom in Tyvek suits.”
