COVID-19: Test reveals that Coronavirus attacks More Men than women in Nigeria as over 70% Of Positive Cases Are Male

The Minster of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that till date, more than 2,000 people have been tried for the coronavirus illness.

Ehanire, who made this known on Wednesday at the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, said that of the all out number of individuals who tried positive for Coronavirus, 70 percent of them are guys.

As indicated by him, "Starting at now, more than 2000 people have been tried. We are growing our demonstrative ability to test the nation over. This is required to improve turnaround time and upgrade opportune access to testing.

"Around 70 percent of the individuals who have tried positive are guys. The age go is somewhere in the range of 30 and 60 years. In any case, we should take note of that the two people of any age can be influenced.



"Starting today, the first of April 2020, we have recorded 151 affirmed instances of COVID-19 in Nigeria. 82 are in Lagos, 28 in FCT, 8 in Oyo, 14 in Osun, 4 each in Ogun and Edo, 3 in Kaduna, 2 each in Bauchi, Ekiti and Enugu and 1 each in Benue, and Rivers States.

"A few vehicles were caught attempting to enter Nigeria from Benin Republic, with more than 100 Nigerians installed, heading for Osun State. It is said that they were originating from Ivory Coast or Ghana, I am not exactly sure.

"It is among this gathering we have 12 prompt new participants, that is, imported cases which added to the 139 we have. In this way, we have 151 instances of coronavirus in Nigeria.

"It shows the significance of importation and furthermore outskirt conclusion. For this situation, they are our residents and they are thumping at the entryway of our fringes and they must be allowed in. Be that as it may, in the event that they were not our residents, unquestionably, we will have an issue dealing with tainted people of different nationalities.

"Till date, nine (9) people have been released and two passings recorded from COVID-19 in Nigeria. These were cases with serious hidden ailments disturbed by their COVID-19 contamination



"Between a week ago and this week, two new labs have been added to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) system of sub-atomic labs for COVID-19. These are Virology Laboratory of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State and Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), Ebonyi State.

"With this expansion, we have expanded our day by day testing limit from 500 to one thousand. Ideally, by one week from now, it is normal that this will be altogether expanded.

"From what we know, the brooding time frame for COVID-19 is commonly 2-14 days, that is, the time it takes for a contaminated individual to show indications. Along these lines, we are utilizing the lucky opening introduced by the lockdown in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun States to quickly recognize, disengage and adequately treat cases.

"It is imperative to underline that there are no Rapid Diagnostic Tests accessible that have been approved by the World Health Organization, (WHO), since they regularly give problematic outcomes."