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ANKARA: At least 20 Nigerian doctors died last week after being infected by the coronavirus, media reported on Friday.
“For those of us in the healthcare sector, we have lost quite a few colleagues. Across the country, we have lost no less than 20 doctors in the last week, ”the Premium Times website quoted the president of the FCT chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Enema Amodu, at a press conference.
According to the report, many doctors do not have access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) before treating patients, Anadolu Agency reported.
More than 1,000 healthcare workers have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19.
As of June 2, 812 healthcare workers in Nigeria tested positive for Covid-19, according to Health Minister Osagie Ehanire, according to the website.
In July, more than 10,000 healthcare workers in 40 African countries were infected, Premium Times said, citing the World Health Organization (WHO).
Since the virus was first reported in March, Nigerian authorities have confirmed 1,242 deaths, 81,963 infections and 69,651 recoveries in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, according to figures released by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control ( NCDC).
As the country has witnessed a second wave of the pandemic, infections have risen in Africa’s most populous nation, leaving six dead and 1,041 infected on Thursday, according to the NCDC.
The virus was first reported in Wuhan, China, last December, before spreading globally. More than 79.7 million people have been infected with 1.74 million deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the United States. – Called
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