The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire says additional 10,000 Primary Health Centres, PHC will be rehabilitated to boost healthcare delivery across the country.
The Minister announced this while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
He said before now, less than 20 per cent of the centres were working, maybe about 1,000 were working. As of now, 4800 are functional.
The Minister, while reacting to a question on the identity of the Covid-19 index case in Nigeria, dismissed speculations that the Federal Government is hiding the identity of the patient.
According to Ehanire, it is medically unethical to reveal the identity of the Italian currently quarantined in a medical facility in Łagos, adding that unlike the index case of Ebola, Patrick Sawyerr who was known, the Italian could not be exposed because his privacy must be respected.
