Coronavirus: NCDC Hails Healthcare Workers

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has hailed healthcare and frontline workers for their commitment and fight towards eradicating the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus COVID-19Director-General, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this remark during his address at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 on Wednesday in Abuja.

He said “I put a phone call through to the health workers in our team who have been infected with COVID-19 and instead of sounding discouraged, they revealed how they have continued working even in isolation.

“Yesterday after work, I spoke to a number of people in my team that have sadly become infected as part of their response in the line of duty.

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 called to encourage them, but we ended in a situation where they ended up being encouraged.”

“Even though they are being isolated in the hospital, they are on their laptop working and contributing. They said it is better to do that than to sit down idle, watching TV or thinking about their fate.“Across our country, many people have been away from their families from six weeks to two months working very hard with no end in sight, at the moment, but to continue pushing.

He also urged them to continue with their good work and not relent.

“Wherever you are across this country responding to this outbreak, I will ask you to persevere. Your work will see the light at the end of the tunnel”.NCDC Boss, Chikwe IhekweazuPhoto Credit: Getty

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