Friday, March 27, 2020

Coronavirus can be transmitted sexually



   Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says he believes that coronavirus can be transmitted sexually. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, Ehanire said the country now has 51 cases of the COVID-19 disease.

   “If a person is positive, the virus can be transmitted sexually,” he claimed, rather controversially. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says a lot is still unknown about the virus but currently maintains that it is transmitted through droplets from an infected person.

   The virus’ known routes of transmission are the mouth, nose and eyes. Health experts have said there is no evidence to show that the virus can be transmitted via vaginal or anal intercourse but that it can be transmitted through kissing an infected person. Ehanire said the ministry was grading the coronavirus cases that were presented before it to avoid its facilities being overcrowded.

  He said the confirmed cases were in four categories and that about 80 percent who tested positive do not display the symptoms.  He said severe cases that require oxygen support and ventilators will be taken to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, assuring that all cases would be well taken care of.

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