Emergency lingers as COVID-19 cases dwarf bed-spaces in states

There are solid signs that a significant emergency is approaching in Nigeria's fight against coronavirus as COVID-19 cases are rising contrasted with bed-spaces accessible for patients that are being treated for the infection.

On Saturday, COVID-19 cases in the nation rose to 12,233, with 8, 065 of them dynamic and 3,826 patients released.

However, the Federal Ministry of Health revealed to The PUNCH on Friday that there were 6,994 bed-spaces across the nation for COVID-19 patients.

The PUNCH assembled that among Friday and Sunday, extra bed-spaces had not been given regardless of the rising cases.

Notwithstanding, the Federal Ministry of Health, in light of The PUNCH's enquiries on Friday, said just barely any states, for example, Lagos and Kano were fighting with a deficiency of bed-spaces.

The service additionally gave more bits of knowledge into its proposed home treatment for COVID-19 patients, saying home consideration would not be embraced for coronavirus patients with basic conditions, for example, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular sicknesses.

The service expressed these through its Director of Hospital Services, Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, in its reaction to The PUNCH's enquiries.

One of our reporters had asked the service, the rules for home treatment and the quantity of bed-spaces accessible for COVID-19 patients in the nation.

In her reaction, Adebiyi conceded that states, for example, Lagos with 5,729 cases and Kano, with 997 cases were fighting with a deficiency of bed-spaces.

She, be that as it may, said the Federal Capital Territory and Ogun State had low bed inhabitance rates.

The Director General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu had, at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 instructions on April 30, said the Federal Government was thinking about home treatment for COVID-19 patients due to a deficiency of bed-spaces.

He stated, "We are going to work with that to continue attempting and making more spaces accessible at the end of the day we may need to change our methodology a tad, considering home consideration in specific conditions where the individual can give a room where the individual can be overseen adequately and besides, we can bolster the consideration by empowering wellbeing laborers to go to the house."

In any case, Adebiyi, in an email sent to one of our journalists by the service on Friday, said there were 7,522 dynamic cases in the nation with 6,994 beds.

She, be that as it may, said states were putting forth attempts to expand the quantity of bed-spaces for COVID-19 patients.

The chief expressed, "There are as of now 7,522 dynamic cases in the nation with 6,994 beds across the country yet states are proceeding to put forth coordinated attempts at extension.

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