Minister of health, Ehanire Osagie, says China has shared the treatment procedure for coronavirus (Covid-19) with Nigeria.
Osagie who made this known on Friday explained that China did that out of its good gesture and relationship with Nigeria.
The minister added that the Asian country has successfully treated over 4,000 cases of the deadly disease.
According to him, “China knows more about the disease and they have made some successful treatments. We have received a lot of cooperation from the ambassador of China who had come to visit twice to reassure us of his commitment and to give us the support in anyway.
“They have sent us a treatment protocol because they have succeeded in treating over four or five thousand people in their country and we have sent the protocol to our centres here to study and add what they already know.
“They have shared the treatment procedures with Nigeria and this will assist in the treatment of confirmed cases.”
Earlier, The Herald reported that the federal government has been asked by the Senate to place a temporary ban on Ethiopian airline flights to curb further spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) to Nigeria.
The chairman Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, argued that if America can place a ban on flights from China, Nigeria ought to do same.
The Herald gathered that Utazi’s reaction was contained in a statement following a confirmed case of the Coronavirus disease infection in Lagos state.
Utazi said: “My reaction following the press release on the confirmed case of Coronavirus infected patient in Lagos State of an Italian National, by the Hon Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, is that our citizens should instead of panic, should rather be conscious and observe all the safety and precautionary measures issued by the Ministry of Health in order to avoid contracting the ailment, as prevention is better than cure.
“I enjoin citizens to be confident of the Federal Government’s capacity and readiness to contain any spread of the disease through the Ministry of Health’s National Centre for Disease Control.