The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. Bala explained that many of the victims were the doctors working at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and other private clinics in the state.
According to him, many of them were infected through normal clinical routines while attending to unsuspected COVID-19 cases. He appealed to authorities to provide more protection for doctors through procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE). Meanwhile, the spokesperson for AKTH, Mrs Hauwa Mohammed, told NAN that the hospital had since procured and distributed PPE to frontline workers.
She said that the hospital management had ordered all Consultants and Heads of Department to train their staff on proper use of the PPE.
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