The national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, said on Wednesday that there was no scientific proof that the coronavirus can be sexually transmitted.
He made the clarification while responding to questions at the daily briefing of the PTF in Abuja.
According to him, no research had proven that the virus is sexually transmissible even as he acknowledged that a lot remained unknown about the new disease.
He recalled however, that the same was said of Ebola when it came.
His words: “At the moment, there is no evidence of sexual transmission when it comes to COVID-19, but of course, we are still in the early days of the disease.
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“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 the virus.
“I think it’s still in the early days, I’ll just say, watch this space.”
Mr. Aliyu’s statement is coming a few days after the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said there is a high possibility of the virus being transmitted sexually.
“If a person is positive, the virus can be transmitted sexually,” Mr Ehanire had said.
