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Chinese Doctors In Nigeria Will Under-Go COVID-19 Test Today- Enhaire Says

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Chinese Embassy Gives Update On Whereabouts Of Chinese Doctors In Nigeria
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Nigerian Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Enhaire has revealed that the 15 Chinese medical doctors in Nigeria will be tested today to ascertain their Coronavirus (COVID-19) status.

Naija News recalls that they had flown in with medical equipment worth about $1.5million, through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on April 8, 2020.

Nigerians, including the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) had criticized the move by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, were forced to debunk reports that one of the Chinese doctors had tested positive for the COVID-19.

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However, the Health Minister Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who dropped the hint during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja, said: “I was reminded that the people who came from China had spent 14 days in quarantine and I ordered that the test be done. The COVID-19 test swabs are to be taken tomorrow and the test will be done to finalise if any of them has any infection.”