Nutrition experts have said COVID-19 patients need adequate and balanced diet to build their immune system in order to effectively fight the viral infection.
President, Nutrition Society of world, Dr. Bartholomew Brai, said COVID-19 patients must eat adequate diet containing both macronutrients and micronutrients.
Recall that last Tuesday, Gombe COVID-19 patients had protested against alleged negligence, inadequate food and medical attention in the isolation centre.
Brai, alongside a nutrition dietician and a public health physician, however, told PUNCH HealthWise that COVID-19 patients must be well-fed, warning that lack of adequate food can lead to complications for the patients.
“The nutrients should be in adequate quantities and it has to be a balanced diet such that all the food groups should be represented.