Dr. Ishaya Kwala, Acting Head of Clinical Services at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba State, says 12 medical workers have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
Kwala, who disclosed this to newsmen in Jalingo, said the infected – which included three medical doctors and nine nurses – are responding to treatment.
In his remarks, the Chief Medical Director of the State Specialist Hospital, Dr. Alex Maiyangwa, said mass testing for COVID-19 was ongoing at the hospital.
“In the last one month we have tested 363 cases and 60 without the health workers turned out positive,” Maiyangwa added.
Meanwhile, following the surge in the cases of the virus in the state, the government through the technical committee has ordered the compulsory wearing of facemasks by residents in public places.
Chairman of the committee, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, who conveyed the government’s directive called on the residents to support government efforts to check the spread of the virus.
