Just in: We don't know whereabouts of Chinese doctors - Nigerian govt

The Nigerian Government has said that it does not know the whereabouts of the Chinese doctors who reportedly came to assist the country in its fight against COVID-19.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie, while speaking during the daily press briefing organized by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

Ehanire also revealed that the Chinese doctors are staff of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and not guests of the Nigerian Government.

He said, “I think not all of them were doctors and I heard that some of them are technicians, but they are staff of CCECC.

“The Ministry of Health is not their host, so we can’t always explain what happened to them or where they are. There seems to be a lot of interest in these doctors. But they are the staff of the company and I think that they are on a company Visa.

“I will be very happy if you don’t ask me about where they are because they are not really our guests.

“But we have been able to learn some things from them by interacting with them from their experience in their country and they did tell us and we shared ideas on what they did in their country in managing COVID-19.”