The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has advised the federal government to convert the COVID-19 pandemic isolations centres across the country to Emergency Infectious Disease Centres for future outbreaks.
The Chief Executive Officer of the institute, Patrick Dakum, gave the advice in Abuja at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum on Sunday.
NAN reports that an isolation unit ensures that healthcare staff and the centres are equipped to deal with infectious disease outbreaks.
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the federal government, with the…
