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Prior December 2019, the world was as peaceful as a prison yard even amidst Middle-East terrorism, American/Iran conventional threats after air-striking Iranian principal officer, Qussim Souleymani, by American “Eye in the sky” troupe. In fact, the deadly Boko Haram attacks in the northern part of Nigeria and cases of mass shootings in the US and some parts of Europe did not assemble amalgamated panic because they were and still peculiar threats to individual’s existence. Incidentally, in December 2019, the soon to become global ravage emerged as a traditional normal pestilence. However, it took less than a month for the scourge to prove its inimical effect on human existence!
The move is part of the organisation’s COVID-19 relief programme as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic.
With the nation’s economy still in recovery, the relief equipment is expected to add to the current stock of critical medical equipment required for the containment of the virus in Nigeria.
The supply of oxygen concentrators and patient monitors is expected to boost the government’s efforts to provide an efficient and effective healthcare response for those affected by the virus.
The shortage of oxygen concentrators and patient monitors had slowed the government’s ability in providing an efficient and effective healthcare response for those affected by the virus during the first wave of the pandemic.
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The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority in a bid to assist the Federal Government scale up its Covid-19 response has formally handed over 126 units of Patient Monitors and 63 units of Oxygen Concentrators to 21 healthcare institutions across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The move is part of the Authority’s Covid-19 relief programme as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic.
With the nation’s economy still in recovery, the relief equipment is expected to add to the current stock of critical medical equipment required for the containment of the virus in Nigeria.
The supply of oxygen concentrators and patient monitors is expected to boost the government’s efforts to provide an efficient and effective healthcare response for those affected by the virus.
Nigeria recorded its second highest daily death toll from COVID-19, on Wednesday, suggesting the country has yet to reach the peak of the second wave, as infections continue to spread rapidly.