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Covid 19: Over 400 Healthcare WorkersTest Positive- JOHESU.

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Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan China, over 230,000 health workers have been infected with the disease globally. According to statistics by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, over 800 healthcare workers have been infected in Nigeria as at June,2nd 2020. Of this figure,over 400 are from the joint health sector Union. This development no doubt may have informed the decision by the union to procure personal protective equipment to protect its members who are at the frontline against covid 19 in the country. At a ceremony to flag off the distribution of the PPE’s held at the Ayuba Wabba House headquarters of the Medical and Health Workers Union in Abuja, the permanent Secretary, federal ministry of Health, Abdullahi Mashi commended the union for the courage to undertake the venture. Represented by the Director,Human Resources,Aliyu Mohammed, Alhaji Mashi said the PPE’s will compliment the efforts of government to ensure the safety of not just the health workers but Nigerians in general. In his remarks, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress,Comrade Ayuba Wabba represented by the General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja also applauded the gesture saying the use of locally made PPE’s in the covid 19 era has come to stay. Other PPE’s procured by the union include 15,200 hand sanitizer,2,500 disinfectants and 1200 units of liquid hand wash to be distributed to its 38 state councils across the country.

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