Coronavirus : CMD gives reasons why he didn't wear face mask around infected italian (Video)
Tue Mar 03, 2020 07:46:am Health
1.3K By Afam Jude Offor
Dr. Bowale Abimbola, the Chief Medical Director at the Mainland General Hospital Yaba, has given reasons why himself and others do not go around wearing face-masks and other protective gadgets around the ward of Italian infected with Coronavirus.
Over the weekend, Dr Bowale and the state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi were criticised by Nigerians after a photo of them speaking to the Italian man tested positive for CoVID 19 in the Isolation center surfaced without them wearing masks or any protective gadget. But, the medical doctor in a new viral video clarified the concerns of Nigerians. He said there was no need to wear a mask when there is a reasonable distance between the patient and himself. I am not using any face mask because the distance between me and where the patient is more than 2 meters so I can’t get infected. It is only when I am going to move into the ward and move closer to the patient is when I am going to put on my full PPE. Coronavirus is a respiratory infection, I and the commissioner of health were not close enough to the patient and therefore cannot contact the infection. We know what we are doing and there is no need for Nigerians to panic,” he said.
Over the weekend, Dr Bowale and the state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi were criticised by Nigerians after a photo of them speaking to the Italian man tested positive for CoVID 19 in the Isolation center surfaced without them wearing masks or any protective gadget. But, the medical doctor in a new viral video clarified the concerns of Nigerians. He said there was no need to wear a mask when there is a reasonable distance between the patient and himself. I am not using any face mask because the distance between me and where the patient is more than 2 meters so I can’t get infected. It is only when I am going to move into the ward and move closer to the patient is when I am going to put on my full PPE. Coronavirus is a respiratory infection, I and the commissioner of health were not close enough to the patient and therefore cannot contact the infection. We know what we are doing and there is no need for Nigerians to panic,” he said.
The first case was recorded when Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy on the 25th of February 2020, tested positive to the virus. The Lagos state government and the federal ministry of health sprung into action by isolating the victim as well as tracking everyone the italian came into contact with since he came into the country, as well as sealing off a company he visited in Ogun state. His case is presently managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.
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