Nigeria’s Health Minister Osagie Ehanire says Coronavirus can be transmitted by sex

The deadly Coronavirus can be transmitted through sex according to Nigeria’s Health Minister Osagie Ehanire.

 

While the World Health Organisation (WHO)  is yet to affirm if the Coronavirus can be transmitted through intercourse.

The Coronavirus can be transmitted by kissing but when asked about the possibility of transmission by sex the health minister said, ” If a person is positive, the virus can be transmitted sexually.”

The minister then went on to explain the situation of Coronvirus treatment at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja,

He said, “We are grading our cases very carefully, that’s why we don’t have overcrowding yet, depending on the severity of the case; otherwise, one isolation centre will be filled up if we mix all the cases together.

“We have four categories as regards coronavirus response and treatment. It has been established that, in most cases, 80 percent of people who tested positive to the virus don’t display symptoms.

“However, the four categories are; no symptom category, mild symptoms category, moderate symptom category and severe symptoms category, which most times, require oxygen or ventilator for treatment of such patient. But so far, we have not had any such cases in Nigeria.

“It’s patients that are on severe symptoms category that are referred to isolation centre at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, Abuja or elsewhere in the country.

“We have graded the cases and that was why UATH or other isolation centres are not crowded. Other categories are kept at facilities where they are given adequate treatment.”