The
Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), University of
Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter, has advised the Federal Government
against inviting medical experts from China to help in fighting Coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic.
The
Chairman of the association, Dr Muhammed Adeboye, told newsmen on Saturday in
Ilorin that Nigeria has no alarming cases compared to other countries to
warrant external help.
”It
is bad for us to be expecting experts because people are not dying massively in
Nigeria and cases are not increasing astronomically.
”For
now, we are not stressed out as far as the crisis is concerned and people are
been discharged day-in-day-out.
”So,
there is no indication to bring any professional from any part of the world,”
Adeboye said.
He
cautioned that any external unwarranted assistance could aid the foreigners to
manipulate the virus to be more harmful to Nigerians.
”Bringing
people in can be an avenue for many terrible things to happen as well, because
we don’t have the capacity to manipulate viruses whether confirmed or not.
”It
is a novel virus which might be probably man made and to a large extent, the
rate of infection here is not as much as what we have in other countries.
”They
can still manipulate to want to know what it is that is working for us, then go
ahead to manipulate the virus again.
”And
then, they will now import the virus with the so called unwarranted assistance,
before you know it more people will be dying of it.
”So,
we don’t need any foreign assistance, not even from China,” the MDCAN president
said.
Reports
indicate that as at 10.30 p.m on April 3, the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in
Nigeria are 210, with 25 discharged and four deaths.
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