The Chairman of Medical Guild, Lagos State, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, has revealed that not less than 16 medical doctors have tested positive to COVID-19 in Lagos state.
He said this at a media briefing on Monday in Lagos. According to him, Lagos, being the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria, had seen members of the guild playing a critical role in the response plan.
Sodipo stated that the doctors were engaged in training, contact tracing, surveillance, enlightening of the public and providing clinical care at the isolation centres and hospitals.
“This has unfortunately led to several healthcare workers being infected with COVID-19 and over 16 doctors are isolated so far in the state workforce.
“There may be more doctors who are infected, but from the information available to us, 16 of our members are infected with COVID-19,” he said.
Sodipo, however, said the infected doctors were doing fine, adding, “we don’t have any mortality among our members”.
He noted that the current community transmission of COVID-19 has led to a situation where everyone can be designated as a COVID-19 suspect, especially as there are asymptomatic patients, as well as those with atypical symptoms.
