The National Chairman of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Josiah Biobelemoye, has said that over 400 COVID-19 frontline workers have been infected with COVID-19.
Biobelemoye disclosed this while distributing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to its state councils on Thursday, according to the Nation.
“Since the outbreak of COVID-19, over 400 members of JOHESU have been infected by coronavirus, we also need to support our own members who are working and sacrificing their lives for the generality if Nigerians,” Biobelemoye said.
Thee Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Mashi, represented by the Director Human Resources, Aliya Mohammed, said that the pandemic had overwhelmed all countries and changed lives.
“The emergence of COVID-19 has changed the way we live our lives and the health system in general, such that even the developed countries have been overwhelmed, talk less of Nigeria.
“The virus has affected the economy drastically, hence government cannot meet all the challenges that has been tthrown up, that is why we welcome such donations by the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria.
“We have many frontline health workers taking up these challenges on behalf of other Nigerians and the federal government is always appreciated of these efforts, so we crave your understanding and more support to improve on our health care delivery in the country,” Mashi said.
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