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Schools Resumption: FG Warns Against Surge in COVID-19 Infections

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The Minister of state, Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora has expressed fear of possible surge in Coronavirus infections following the resumption of schools and business activities across the country.

Mamora, who expressed this fear at the 67th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday in Abuja, cautioned Nigerians to adhere strictly to prevention protocols to avoid surge in cases.

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Mamora stated that there was need for the country to scale up surveillance and review its response plan in order to integrate new ways of dealing with the disease.

He said that the number of active cases had continued to drop, and promised that the Federal Government would continue to provide quality care for all infected persons irrespective of their location.

According to him, the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), has developed a molecular test technique capable of producing results for COVID-19 in less than 40 minutes.

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“It is the SARS-COV-2 Isothermal Molecular Assay (SIMA), which can be performed by low skilled personnel with minimum training.

“It is cheaper, and can be deployed for point of care detection and surveillance,” he said.

Mamora said that the technique, which was developed by Dr Chika Onwuamah, would be deployed for use as soon as it is validated for specificity and sensitivity by the relevant agencies.

He commended the NIMR for the breakthrough, and expressed the Federal Government’s appreciation to the FATE Philanthropy Coalition for COVID-19 (FPCC), for its support towards the realisation of the project.

“As a government, we shall continue to support every genuine initiative towards strengthening our response plan,” he said.

The minister announced that the Infectious Disease Centre at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital had been inaugurated as part of government’s efforts to strengthen infectious disease management in the country.

“This facility will help to improve our response capacity towards infectious diseases, it is also a fall back facility, which we do not have to put to use if we observe all necessary preventive measures.

“So, measures such as wearing of face masks, observing respiratory hygiene, and physical distancing are to be strictly adhered to, we also need to test and isolate people with symptoms of COVID-19, ” he said.

Mamora further said that the Victims Support Funds (VSF) recently presented IT equipment to the ministry as part of its efforts to boost the technical capacity of personnel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He stressed the need for action to be intensified on case finding, sample collection and testing, saying, “it is through testing that we can identify infected people for isolation and treatment.

“This is the only way we can truly halt the spread of the disease and confirm that we have actually contained the pandemic.

“Our goal is to have at least one standard Infectious Disease centre in every state. We shall therefore work with states to establish purpose-built treatment centres,” he said.

Tags: Dr Chika OnwuamahFATE Philanthropy Coalition for COVID-19Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)Presidential Task Force on COVID-19SARS-COV-2 Isothermal Molecular AssaySen. Olorunnimbe Mamora
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