The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, says the country is facing challenges of inadequate bed spaces to accommodate COVID-19 patients in isolation centres.
He said this may affect efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus in the FCT, Lagos and Kano State.
Dr. CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU stated this during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily briefing in Abuja.
According to him, there are about 3,500 bed spaces available across the country which has recorded over 1,728 cases of COVID-19 and tracing over 10,000.
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