{"id":15452,"date":"2020-05-26T10:09:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T10:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=15452"},"modified":"2020-05-26T10:09:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T10:09:47","slug":"naf-produces-ventilators-to-support-covid-19-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=15452","title":{"rendered":"NAF produces ventilators to support COVID-19 fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has produced locally-made ventilators as its contribution to national efforts towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this during Eid-el-Fitri lunch with troops of the Air Component of \u201cOperation Lafiya Dole\u201d at the NAF<\/a> Base in Maiduguri on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abubakar said the locally-made ventilator was a product of research development programme by NAF in partnership with Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, the ventilators will be commissioned on May 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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He explained that as part of the measures to combat the pandemic, NAF had distributed reusable face mask to all its personnel while Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) and ventilators were provided at the NAF Hospitals in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wish to remind us of the need to maintain continues vigilance and ensure strict adherence to necessary guidelines and protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NAF chief said that despite the challenges of competing resources, occasioned by the COVID-19 induced lockdown, Force has maintained the tempo of its operations, not only in the\u00a0North East<\/a>\u00a0but other parts of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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