The Nigerian Medical Association has rejected the federal government's invitation to a Chinese medical team to assist in the fight against the coronavirus.
Johannesburg - The Nigerian Medical Association has rejected the federal government's invitation to a Chinese medical team to assist in the fight against the coronavirus .
"It is a thing of embarrassment to the membership of the association and other health workers who are giving their best in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic under deplorable working conditions, and a fragile health system, to be subjected to the ignominy of not being carried along in arriving at such a decision," said NMA president Francis Adedayo Faduyile via a statement.
The NMA has urged government to expand the Covid-19 presidential task force to include other critical stakeholders, including journalists and civil society, to ensure more "robust engagement". Ehanire also said a group of Chinese companies working in Nigeria had donated medical supplies to support measures to curb Covid-19. The donation included PPE and ventilators, said the minister.
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