Anambra State has prepared three Isolation Centres located at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital in Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital in Awka and Onitsha General Hospital, State Information and Public Enlightenment Commissioner, Chief C. Don Adinuba has said.

Adinuba said in a statement that in the event that these centres witness excess patients, the State has will use as surge centres the Umueri General Hospital in Anambra East Local Government Area, Ekwulobia General Hospital in Aguata Local Government Area, and the National Youth Service Corps Camp in Mbaukwu/Umuawulu, Awka South Local Government Area.

He said that the State is working very hard to get the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to accredit Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital as a testing center, using its “mega laboratory, which can test 500 specimens at the same time, and meets global standards”

“The only thing it is lacking is reagents,” he said.

The State Government is also working towards accrediting Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital as a testing center,” he said.

He said, however, that plans by the Government require considerable resources, to accomplish.

“As is already known, the state needs plenty of tools and equipment like respirators, personal protection equipment, testing kits, surgical masks and hospital beds.”

He therefore pleaded for support from wealthy individuals in the State“This is the time for our people to demonstrate, once again, our well-known philosophy of solidarity known over the ages as “Onye aghana nwanne ya”. It is the secret of the triumph of ndi Anambra against all odds.

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