COVID-19: Support needed by affected states, matter of urgency ― Cross River Commissioner

TRACKING____The National Chairman, Nigeria Commissioners for Health Forum and Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu, has called on the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force (PTF) and the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to equip and provide greater resources to support states in their fight against the Coronavirus.

Dr Edu noted that to guarantee the safety of health workers and better position the health infrastructure in various states for effective service delivery, adequate intervention and support system must be provided for states to leverage on as they continued to work tirelessly to contain the spread of the deadly virus.

It would be recalled that at a joint session of the PTF and NCDC last week in Abuja, both federal agencies engaged and examined strategies to tackle the resurgence of the country’s second wave of the pandemic, where they commended Cross River for playing a front line role in the fight against the virus, while also commending other states for resilience in the fight against the virus.

Dr Edu, who is also the Commissioner for Health and Chairman of the Cross River State COVID-19 Response Committee, spoke at the event, listing the challenges and efforts made by herself and her colleagues so far.

In her interaction with pressmen on behalf of the Health Commissioners forum, in Calabar, Dr Edu, reiterated the need for the Federal Government to extend greater logistics to the affected states in order to revive heritage laboratories and isolation centres for victims of COVID-19.