{"id":19003,"date":"2020-06-04T14:55:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19003"},"modified":"2020-06-04T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:55:11","slug":"three-doctors-infected-with-deadly-covid-19-while-on-duty-in-nasarawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19003","title":{"rendered":"Three doctors infected with deadly covid-19 while on duty in Nasarawa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Abdullahi-Sule.-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nasarawa State has confirmed that no fewer than three doctors have contracted the deadly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\">COVID-19<\/a>&nbsp;disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was revealed on Thursday by the Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Nasarawa State branch, Dr. Bulus Peter Umaru, while speaking with newsmen in the state capital of Lafia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dr. Umaru, the three doctors contracted the virus \u201cin the course of their work of dealing with patients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe doctors are now on admission at the isolation centre of the Federal Medical Centre in the state. They are responding to treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking further, Dr. Umaru said; \u201cNMA is requesting for its members and other medical personnel to observe personal and environmental hygiene and guard against contracting the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey should not relent in using Personal Protective Equipment as the medical profession entails providing professional medical services,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This came days after the Nasarawa State government lifted a ban on worship centres for two weeks to allow Friday and eid-el-fitr prayers to be held across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was made known on Tuesday via the Twitter account of the state government which also disclosed that the decision was part of measures put in place to stem the further spread of the dreaded COVID-19 disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasarawa State has confirmed that no fewer than three doctors have contracted the deadly&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;disease. 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