{"id":23696,"date":"2020-04-09T16:32:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23696"},"modified":"2020-04-09T16:32:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:32:20","slug":"ncdc-reveals-how-90-percent-of-coronavirus-patients-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ncdc-reveals-how-90-percent-of-coronavirus-patients-recovered","title":{"rendered":"NCDC reveals how 90 percent of coronavirus patients recovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has claimed that 90% of COVID-19 patients recover without any intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Ihekweazu revealed this during a media briefing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He made the remarks while responding to a question on how the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, recovered in less than one week.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, someone infected with coronavirus, usually required support for the body to recover by itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should remember that 90 per cent of these patients recover without any intervention. So, if you take something and say you recovered and that something is why you recovered, it doesn\u2019t quite add up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are very few viruses with a cure. So, you go to a hospital and for COVID-19, you\u2019re given oxygen. Oxygen is not really a treatment; it\u2019s to keep you alive for long enough for you to recover yourself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As at Wednesday night, Nigeria had recorded 276 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 44 patients have been discharged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has claimed that 90% of COVID-19 patients recover without any intervention. Ihekweazu revealed this during a media briefing on Wednesday. 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