Nigeria, July 10 -- A host of health care professionals across Nigeria have used the language of "war" to describe the fight against the coronavirus, which has overwhelmed some hospitals.

Health care workers are the soldiers on the front lines.

The Asokoro General hospital in Abuja has been turned into a full-time isolation centre while patients being treated for other ailments in the facility are pushed to other hospitals in Nigeria's capital.

More than 400 health workers have tested positive for the virus, says the National Chairman of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Josiah Biobelemoye.

He disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while briefing journalists about the distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the JOHESU...