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Covid-19: Panic as LUTH, UITH isolate 40 health workers

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The Lagos University Teaching Hospital [LUTH], Idi-Araba and the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital [UITH] have put no fewer than 40 health workers, including doctors and nurses, in isolation following their contact with people infected with COVID-19.

LUTH’s Chairman of the Medical Advisory Council, Prof Wasiu Adeyemo, on Tuesday, told journalists that 12 workers of the health institution had gone into isolation.

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According to him, the 12 workers might have had contact with a patient, who died of COVID-19 at the hospital last week.

At the UITH, 28 health workers are in isolation for coming in contact with an accountant, Muideen Obanimomo that died of COVID-19 in the hospital on Thursday.

The isolation of the UITH and LUTH workers on Tuesday fuelled fear about lack of protection for health workers treating COVID-19 patients in the country.

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The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Francis Faduyile, in a statement to commemorate the World Health Day, on Tuesday expressed concern about hazards faced by healthcare professionals, including nurses, treating COVID-19 patients.

The increasing number of health workers in other countries are being infected with the virus. Spain has said at least 4,500 health care workers have tested positive for the disease. More than 60 doctors have died in Italy.

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