NCDC : 80% Of Coronavirus Patients Show Mild Symptoms

The Nigerian Centre For Disease Control(NCDC) has said that 80% of Coronavirus patients usually experience mild symptoms and then recover.

The centre said this in a tweet on Thursday.

Following this statistic the NCDC has recommended the treatment of every positive case in an isolation centre to mitigate the risk of spread in communities.

Recall that the minister for health Osagie Ehanire had said that Nigeria was experiencing a larger number of cases in relation to community transmission.

Current evidence shows that about 80% of #COVID19 patients experience mild symptoms & recover

NCDC recommends the treatment of every positive case in an isolation centre to mitigate the risk of spread in communities #TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/aWRY3cwLiE

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 16, 2020

Meanwhile Nigeria coronavirus cases as at Thursday stood at 407 with a total of 128 discharged and 12 deaths.