Nigeria Health Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire has recently appealed to capable citizens to donate their buildings as isolation centres, due to the rise in confirmed cases in the country.

Dr. Ehanire who made the appeal at a press conference in Abuja after the Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu announced the shortage of bed spaces for COVID-19 patients in Lagos State on the 30th of April, noted that he is making the appeal ahead of time so that the facilities will be readily available when they need to be used.

“I have appealed to citizens to make their property available temporarily for this purpose. There are many property owners who will come up and donate to state governments for a period of time to be used for this function. We are not out of space now but we are making the appeal ahead of time so that we have these facilities ready.”

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At the moment, Nigeria has confirmed 1932 COVID-19 cases, 319 patients have recovered and have been discharged with 58 deaths.