The Nigerian government through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said there is no scientific proof that the disease is sexually transmissible.
This assertion was made by the National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu in a press briefing on Wednesday.
This is contrary to an earlier claim by the Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie, who, while addressing an emergency conference in Abuja said there is a high possibility of the virus being transmitted sexually.
Ehanire said he believed that,“if such person is positive, the virus can be transmitted sexually.”
Aliyu spoke about this and other issues while reacting to a question bordering on alleged proof that the virus, after treatment still remains in male testis.
He said the world was still in the early days of the disease, and that no research has proven that it could be transmitted true sex.
“At the moment, there’s no evidence of sexual transmission when it comes to COVID-19, but of course, we are still in the early days of the disease.
”The same thing happened in the case of Ebola, when subsequently it was proven that it was sexually transmissible.
“There was a small test case series of ten women who had severe COVID-19 and genital secretions were negative of COVID-19 virus. I think it’s still in the early days. I’ll just say, watch this space”, he said.
