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BREAKING: Despite Covid-19 crisis, Nigerian doctors begin nationwide strike

Resident doctors in Nigeria have commenced a nationwide strike as coronavirus continues to ravage the country.

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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) of Nigeria announced that they commenced a a nationwide “indefinite strike” on Monday morning, hours after COVID-19 cases in the country exceeded 16,000 with over 400 deaths.

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NARD President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, announced this while addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

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He stated that the union has decided to exempt its members working in various coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation and treatment centres across the country.

Dr Sokomba, however, stated that exemption of the members attending to COVID-19 patients was for two weeks before they join the industrial action.

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