Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Lagos hospitals struggling to cope with surge in patients

Name: Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Lagos hospitals struggling to cope with surge in patients
Uploaded: 2021-01-28T10:38:45+00:00
Duration: 4 min 38 s
Description: Health systems in Africa hobbled by shortages of oxygen and other resources are struggling with Covid's "second wave," pushing the fatality rate above the global average. In Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, health officials have described being forced to "decide which patients to manage and which not to manage".

Issued on: 28/01/2021 - 11:38

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Health systems in Africa hobbled by shortages of oxygen and other resources are struggling with Covid's "second wave," pushing the fatality rate above the global average. In Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, health officials have described being forced to "decide which patients to manage and which not to manage".