The Minister of Health, Dr OSAGIE EHANIRE, has called on medical doctors and other healthcare professionals to shun unauthorized treatment of persons infected with corona virus.

He made the call during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He explained that the appeal was important to reduce the incidences of health workers getting infected with the disease.

EHANIRE noted that the government was committed to increasing its capacity for testing for corona virus cases in the country.

On the situation in Kano, the minister noted that a task team from the Federal Ministry of Health has been deployed in the state.

According to him, the team is working with the state government and is fully engaged with activities that strongly emphasize training and capacity building for all personnel.

The minister also hinted that the returnees from Dubai would be tested and those whose results return positive would be taken for treatment.