COVID-19: ‘9 out of 10 Victims will Recover’ – Min.of Health Dr Osagie

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has disclosed that 9 out of 10 victims of Coronavirus will recover and advised people to lessen their fear as COVID-19 is not a death sentence.

He stated this while fielding questions by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Monday disclosing that even though there is a high rate of confirmed cases, it is imperative to know that people are recovering from the virus.

He said, ”An ambulance can do a large number of things, so the sign of an ambulance does not immediately translate to COVID-19. That is ‘over the top’ of apprehension.”

”It can happen but in this case, I don’t believe so. There is no reason for apprehension because over 90 percent of those who have COVID-19 will recover.

“Nine out 10 will recover, so what is the fear about. Only that the numbers are so large that we forget that people recover and few get very sick, that is just about four or five out of 100,” Mr Ehanire said.

A total number of 665 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Nigeria after it recorded 38 new cases on Monday evening while 188 patients have been discharged, 22 have lost their lives to the pandemic.