Coronavirus
Nigerian Health Minister says you can get coronavirus from sex
It has been said following some scientific evidence that coronavirus could be sexually transmitted.
There is a possibility that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) can be
sexually transmitted, according to Nigeria’s Health Minister Osagie
Ehanire.
“If a person is positive, the virus can be transmitted sexually,” Premium Times quotes Ehanire as saying during an emergency press briefing on the virus in Abuja on Thursday, March 26, 2020.
Because Covid-19 is a new ailment, health professionals and researchers are still coming to grips with its modes of transmission, containment, and treatment.
More so, it has been established that
the virus can be transmitted from person to person and can be passed
from respiratory droplets expunged through sneezing or coughing.
the virus can be transmitted from person to person and can be passed
from respiratory droplets expunged through sneezing or coughing.
Some scientists have also admitted
that the virus cannot be transmitted through sexual intercourse except
via oral sex.
that the virus cannot be transmitted through sexual intercourse except
via oral sex.
In an interview with The Guardian UK, scientist Jessica Justman says there are visible patterns indicating sexual transmission of the virus.
She also advises that when a partner is a Covid-19 case, it is better to abstain.
Half a million people across the globe have
now been infected with the virus and over 22,000 people have died from
Covid-19, according to a CNN tally.
now been infected with the virus and over 22,000 people have died from
Covid-19, according to a CNN tally.