The war against COVID-19 in Nigeria has suffered a setback as a frontline healthcare worker succumbed to the disease.
This was confirmed by the Jigawa State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, which announced, on Sunday, that it had lost one of its members, Dr. Nasir Adam, to the coronavirus pandemic.
A report by Channels Television, on Sunday, disclosed that Dr. Adam, 36, died at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Birninkudu after battling with acute respiratory disease induced by the virus.
The NMA Chairman in Jigawa State, Dr. Nura Basirka confirmed this incident to Channels Television.
“Until his death, Mr Adam was the Medical Officer in the Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State,” Basirka said.
Born in Jos, the Plateau State capital, in 1984, the late Adam attended primary and secondary schools in Jos, and graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria in 2012. He did his housemanship at the Federal Medical Centre.
Meanwhile, it was not all tragic news from Jigawa State as the state, on Saturday, discharged 22 COVID-19 patients after they had recovered and tested negative twice for the virus.
The state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Abba Zakari, who confirmed this to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, said the recovered patients have now been discharged from the isolation centre.