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Nigeria Currently Tracing 12,000 COVID-19 Contacts – NCDC

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday said that the agency was currently tracing about 12,000 persons who have had contact with confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Director-General of the centre, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu who made this known while responding to questions from journalists at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 stated however, that the figure was however fluid as the contacts increase daily.

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“The number of contacts is very fluid because with every new case, there is a new contact. But we are following up about cumulatively 12,000 contacts across the country from the beginning of the outbreak,” he said.

Speaking more about the inadequate bed spaces for COVID-19 patients in the country, Ihekweazu stressed that, that was still a challenge.

READ ALSO: COVID-19: INEC Deploys Additional 39 Vehicles To PTF For Contact Tracing, Surveillance

He reiterated that the 3,500 bed spaces available across the country were not enough and no state in Nigeria has fulfilled the bed space capacity needed to respond to the outbreak.

“There is no state in Nigeria, even Lagos that has fully fulfilled the bed capacity that they need to respond to this outbreak.

“No single state in Nigeria has achieved that,” he said.

He therefore called on private individuals who have facilitates that can be used as isolation centres to help in their various states.

Tags: 12000 COVID-19 ContactsDirector-General of the centreDr. Chikwe IhekweazufeaturedNCDCNigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)Nigeria Currently Tracing
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