Cross River doctors embark on indefinite strike over COVID-19 concerns
The health workers
who insisted that the lives of doctors are at risk over the COVID-19 situation
in the state, queried the the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) over
non-inclusion of Cross River State in its daily update of COVID-19.
The State's Chairman
of the NMA, Agam Ayuk revealed that five positive cases recorded in the state
had their tests done at an approved laboratory of the NCDC, but are yet to be
added to the NCDC's daily update.
A vote of no
confidence was also passed on Betta Edu, the state's commissioner of health who
they accused of recklessly handling the Coronavirus outbreak in the state.
The letter partly
read;
“The Association
demands explanation from NCDC, why the five (5) COVID-19 confirmed cases from
UCTH carried out at the NCDC accredited Molecular Laboratory at Alex Ekwueme
University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, have not reflected in
the daily situation report of NCDC long after results had been transmitted to
UCTH since July 1, 2020. Congress demands update of the NCDC situation report
as a matter of urgent public health interest.
“Congress demands
explanations from NCDC, why epidemiology code numbers have to be generated by
Cross River State Ministry of Health before results of samples sent by UCTH to
an NCDC approved Molecular Laboratory can be published by NCDC despite having
approved UCTH as an independent Test Centre.
“The NCDC is put on
notice that the Cross River State Government has abdicated her responsibility
of contact tracing, treatment and care for the five (5) confirmed cases which
may not be unconnected with the delay in publication of the results by NCDC.
“The members of the
Association and residents of Cross River State have been put in a precarious
public health and safety situation due to the confusion and uncertainty created
by the delayed updating of the results by NCDC.
“Congress demands
explanation from NCDC why despite several complaints of compromised testing in
the State, investigations have not commenced on the unethical activities
carried out by Cross River State COVID-19 Task
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