Yusuf Bello| President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari promised to send ventilators across to Nigeria to help the country battle the COVID-19 infections.
Nigeria’s minister of information, Lai Mohammed, who made the disclosure this at the media briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19, said the US president also solidarised with Nigeria on the pandemic.
Mohammed said, “President Muhammadu Buhari today had a phone conversation with President Donald Trump, at the request of the American President.”
“The conversation centred on Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. President Buhari used the opportunity to brief the American President on the steps that Nigeria is taking to contain the spread of the disease.
“On his part, President Trump assured that the United States stand in solidarity with Nigeria in this difficult time and promised to send ventilators to support the country in its fight against the pandemic. President Trump also extends his best regards to the people of Nigeria.”
Nigeria currently has 1,337 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 40 deaths.
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