The health care Professionals in a review of the handling of the outbreak in Uyo the state capital this evening commended Governor Udom Emmanuel for implementing the public health advisory as contained in it's initial communique.
While acknowledging the setting up of an Isolation Center at Ibom specialty hospital and the ongoing construction of Isolation centers in Eket and Ituk Mbang, said it is sad that the Akwa Ibom state government was not sending samples for test of those who are said to have come in contact with the index cases in the state.
Speaking, the state chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, Dr. Nsikak Nyoyoko who was flanked by his colleagues leading sister health unions like, comrade Patrick Odu, Chairman, National Association Of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Akwa Ibom State Council and Dr. Akwaowoh Akpabio, Akwa Ibom State Branch Chairman, Pharmacy Society Of Nigeria (PSN),
Emilia Eliezer,Chairman, Association Of Medical Laboratory Scientists Of Nigeria ( AMLSN ), both noted that the five confirmed cases have remained clinically stable and commended the courageous health care professionals who have continuously and sacrificially put their lives on the front lines.
Commending the response team on contact tracing for corona virus in the state, they expressed their displeasure on the lack of testing for corona virus in Akwa Ibom and called on the state ministry of health and the incident Management Committee to immediately collaborate with the Nigeria Center for Desease Control (NCDC) and ramp up testing for Covid-19 in Akwa Ibom State.
Furthermore, the Conglomerate of health professionals urged the state government to speed up the setting up of state laboratory for testing of corona virus.
Health care Professionals decried the lack of co-ordinated daily updates by handlers of the response team and called for improved information dissemination to avoid the current trend of assumptions and misinformation by the populace.
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