The Nigerian Medical Association advised federal and state governments against disregarding medical experts’ advice on COVID-19.
The NMA President, Professor Innocent Ujah, stated this while commenting on government’s decision to reopen schools beginning from today.
Ujah stated that although the association would not advise government not to reopen schools, he stated that authorities must ensure compliance with COVID-19 guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
The experts spoke as coronavirus cases in the country rose from 75,062 on December 17, 2020 to 108,943 a month later.
Also during the same period, COVID-19 deaths increased from 1,200 to 1,420, an increase of 220.
While stating that the association had earlier advised Federal Government not to deploy people for the National Youth Service Corps, Ujah, who is also Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State, said that the NMA would continue to advise authorities.
