Rising number of COVID-19 cases may overwhelm our health system – Health Minister

Ebun Francis| Nigeria’s health minister, Osagie Ehanire, has warned that the increasing number of new COVID-19 cases may overwhelm the country’s health system.

Ehanire who sounded the alarm on Wednesday at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, expressed concerns about the increasing cases, as this can have overwhelming effect on the health system.

According to the minister, Nigeria has a little above five thousand beds, adding that there is an urgent need to expand the bed spaces in the treatment centers as the numbers increase.

Nigeria presently has 8344 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus with 249 deaths and 2385 discharges.