Resurgence of COVID-19 on health workers worrisome — Minister
Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State for Health, has expressed worry over the resurgence of COVID-19 infection in health workers.
Mamora said this during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday in Abuja
“We are concern by the resurgence of infection in healthcare workers”.
“In a bid to sustain the gains made in reducing the rate of infection, we have trained and retrained health workers on infection prevention and control,” he said.
The minister said that in Abia, the task force has concluded the training of 594 healthcare workers from private and public health facilities on infection prevention and control.
“We are currently investigating healthcare-associated infection in a facility in Kaduna State. Lessons learned from this will be used to improve service delivery,” Mamora said.
He urged health workers to be more careful, saying, “I encourage the health workers not to drop their guards as the pandemic is still with us”.
He also stressed the need to use PPEs appropriately and judiciously and that the equipment has been provided in all health facilities.
The minister called on youths to be more careful and take adequate precautions against COVID-19 as the pandemic has had its impact on young people.
