The Federal Government said Thursday that it could not answer to the whereabouts of the Chinese doctors and technicians who came into the country to offer assistance to Nigeria in the fight against the Coronavirus on the invitation of the government.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the containment of the Covid -19 in Abuja told reporters not to bother his ministry over the whereabouts of Chinese medical experts .
who came into Nigeria to support the fight against COVID-19.
The coming of the Chinese doctors generated strong criticisms from among Nigerians, especially among the medical community.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) also described the move as “a thing of embarrassment to the membership of the Association and other health workers who are giving their best in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic under deplorable working conditions.”
Ehanire had then insisted then that the experts would be sharing their experience after making progress in the fight against the virus.
“The Chinese medics will be providing technical support to Nigeria in its fight against COVID-19, and also sharing experiential strategies of how their country curtailed the spread of the virus,” he said then.
The 15-member team of Chinese medical personnel arrived in the country on April 8 “to share their experiences in fighting the COVID-19”.
When asked by a reporter about the whereabouts of the invited Chinese, Mr Ehanire said he would be glad not to be asked about the whereabouts of the medical team.
“I want to explain that first of all, I think not all of them are doctors and I heard that some of them are technicians but they are staff of CCECC.
“The ministry of health is not their host, so we cannot always explain what happened to them or where they are,” he said.
