Hottestgistnaija.com
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello has revealed that many COVID-19 patients have refused to be evacuated to treatment centres in the nation’s capital.
Bello said the FCT administration will invoke the relevant laws that enable it to mandatorily evacuate recalcitrant COVID-19 patients to isolation centres.
This was one of the decisions taken following a meeting of the FCT COVID-19 Emergency Response Team and the FCTA Management.
According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Anthony Ogunleye, the minister said: “Following the submission by the Response Team that some Covid-19 positive individuals were refusing to go to treatment centers and instead preferred to treat themselves in their homes, the FCT Minister expressed dissatisfaction with this development and said existing laws will be used to force such persons to go to treatment centers explaining that their staying at home posed great risks not just to their families but also immediate communities.
“Since we have begun to witness community transmission of the virus, it is imperative that we must do everything within our power to stop the spread even if we have to compel such persons to go to treatment centres.
“In order to prevent further spread of the virus within the communities, it was resolved that massive testing will be carried out in areas where community transmission has been established, including Mabushi, Gishiri and Utako.
