{"id":16707,"date":"2020-05-29T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16707"},"modified":"2020-05-29T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T10:00:12","slug":"covid-19-ptf-to-conclude-assessment-of-lockdown-relaxation-within-next-70-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16707","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: PTF to conclude assessment of lockdown relaxation within next 70 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Thursday the team would conclude its assessment on the impact of measures put in place for the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown within the next 70 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), disclosed this at the PTF daily briefing in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said when concluded, the recommendations would be submitted to the president for his decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mustapha decried the continued refusal by medical institutions including federal tertiary institutions to receive and treat patients for fear of COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He lamented that the development had resulted in several unfortunate and avoidable fatalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SGF noted that Nigeria was having more deaths from non-attendance to other diseases than COVID-19, adding that the reason for the greater emphasis on COVID-19 was because it was a pandemic that had the capacity of wiping out large segments of the Nigerian population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He urged all the Chief Medical Directors and private health service providers to attend to other health challenges which had continued to confront Nigerians on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stressed that the guidelines for dealing with patients presenting COVID-19 like symptoms were available and if these were applied by the medical service providers, there would be lesser risks of exposure to the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SGF said: \u201cStatistics has shown that there is a drastic drop in the percentage of attention being paid to other ailments not related to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis situation is made worse by the fact that federal tertiary institutions have been mentioned among those rejecting patients for fear of COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not acceptable. We are saddened by this development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Minister of Health<\/a> has reached out to all medical directors directing them to continue providing regular medical services so that we do not end up with avoidable deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTruth be told, we are having more deaths from non-attendance to other diseases than even COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reason for the greater emphasis on COVID-19 is because it is a pandemic and if not curtailed has a capacity of wiping out large segments of our population.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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