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Covid: 11 corps members test positive at Taraba orientation camp

No fewer than 11 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have tested positive for coronavirus at the Taraba State orientation camp, according to Taraba State Commissioner of Health, Innocent Vakkai.

Speaking to journalists in Jalingo, the state capital, Vakkai, who is also the Chairman Taskforce committee on COVID-19 in the states, said the affected corps members, who are asymptomatic, are receiving treatment at an isolated centre in the state.

He said in line with protocols of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that all members of the scheme should be tested on arrival at various orientation camps, 11 corps members returned positive.

”So as part of the guidelines of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on the control of COVID-19 in Nigeria, they asked every state to carry out mass testing of all corps members present in camps and in Taraba state eleven corps members tested positive, but all of them were asymptomatic, that is to say, they are not showing symptoms.

”Since they are positive, the onus lies on the health authorities to ensure that they were quarantined. Based on the information I have so far received, they are all doing well and will soon reunite with their family as the camp closes,” he said.

Vakkai express worry over the lack of compliance to the safety measures by residents of the state to reduce community transmission and urged residents to exercise restraint and caution, especially during this Yuletide season.

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