World Hand Hygiene Day: Nigerians must learn from India to avoid COVID-19 third wave — CMD UBTH

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As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to Mark the 2021 World Hand Hygiene Day, today (May 5) the Chief Medical Director, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Prof. Darlington Obaseki says Nigerians must continue to observe regular hand washing…

India is currently experiencing the worst global Covid-19 experience with the official death toll now surpassing 200,000 as of the country, thought to have successfully controlled the pandemic, now record about 400,000 cases daily.

“Let’s not believe that we are through the worst. We pray we are. We pray that what is happening in India doesn’t get here but that can only happen if we keep doing the right things, wearing our face masks and washing our hands regularly,” he said.Obaseki further emphasized the importance of hand hygiene saying it should not be observed by health workers alone but by everyone to prevent infections and diseases.

“Our responsibility as policymakers, health administrators, managers, healthcare workers, and even as individuals in this regard cannot be overstated. We all have the responsibility to ensure that we comply, especially in the health care setting where we are encouraged to reduce general transmission of infection between patients, from patients to health care workers, and from health workers to their colleagues.

 

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