The NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the centre had trained thousands of health workers to handle coronavirus cases.

He also urged state governments to allow experts to announce results of cases in their states.

He said,

“As of April 5, 2020, we have trained 3,808 health care workers in infection prevention and control. Fifty per cent of them work in the private sector because many Nigerians receive care from the private sector.

“As we responded to Lagos and Ogun states in the early days of the outbreak, we actually focus a lot on the private sector in addition to the health care facility where we are managing these patients.

“Another 22 per cent were in treatment centres and 27 per cent were other members of the health work force that work as part of the response teams. We have trained a total of 270 health care workers from each state on case management.