The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says about 40 health workers have tested positive for corona virus (COVID-19) in the country.

Dr Ehanire disclosed this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He, therefore, appealed to medical workers in the frontline of the COVID-19 fight to always protect themselves while giving treatment to infected patients.

The minister explained that the high number of cases reported recently was as a result of increased testing and community transmission.

Dr EHANIRE stated that even though the testing centres have the capacity to test above 1,000 samples daily, only about 600 people come in daily for testing.

According to him, there are a huge number of people who tested positive but have not developed any symptoms.