BREAKING: Coronavirus test results of 15 Chinese medical team in Nigeria released

Coronavirus test results of 15 Chinese medical team in Nigeria have been released.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the 15 Chinese doctors who recently completed their compulsory 14-day quarantine have all tested negative for coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, revealed this in Abuja, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday.

This reliable online news platform understands that the Chinese medical team are expected to provide technical support to Nigeria in its fight against the deadly pandemic, and share experiential strategies of how their country curtailed the spread of the coronavirus.

The minister said: “As for the Chinese persons who came in, the test has been done after they were quarantined for 14 days. All of them were negative. After that, the Federal Ministry of Health is done with that particular case.”

The Health Minister further explained that a committee of experts will be sworn in later headed by Professor Tomori, a very well-known virologist and the other members that will be revealed at the swearing-in.

“The committee will advise on the national strategy and action plan, using lessons learned as we go along, and those learned from strategies in places across the globe. This will help us to identify and adopt the promising strategies and align our plans with best practices and advisories,” he said.

On the 40 health workers in quarantine for testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), the minister of health did not give any updates but urged frontline health workers to always use their personal protective equipment (PPE) when carrying out their duties.

Enahire said: “We have always warned that health workers must use their personal protective equipment.

He said: “Secondly if you are not trained in infection prevention and control, COVID-19 is not for you as a health worker.

“It is very risky to underrate the infectiousness of this virus because it is not like any other sickness or viral infection that you know.

“That is why we have said only accredited isolation and treatment centres should be handling this infection,” the Health Minister added.