At least than 25 prospective corps members have contracted coronavirus at the Gombe NYSC camp ground located in Amada, Akko LGA, authorities in the state have said.
Commissioner for Health in the North-East state, Dr. Habu Dahiru, disclosed this to PUNCH in an interview.
Dahiru said a nursing mother was among those who tested positive, adding that the 25 corps members were tested in the last three days.
He disclosed that they have been moved to the state-owned isolation centre in the Idris Mohammed infectious disease centre, Kwadon.
He also said food, medication and security had been provided at the isolation centre, noting that psychosocial support had been made available for those who were asymptomatic.
He said, “Out of the 1,291 that were tested using the Polymerase Chain Reaction, , 25 persons were positive, and one is a nursing mother.
“For the sake of coordination, the incident management system in Gombe has conducted a meeting at the Public Health Emergency Operation Centre and we have also moved as required by the guideline to Kwadon isolation centre.
“At the isolation centre, we have made provision for their feeding, medication and their security
“We have drafted Police to provide security to the place. They will be managed at the isolation centre until they are negative and they will be returned to join their fellow corps members.
“We have also provided psychosocial support because some of them may be asymptomatic and may wonder why they are kept there. So, we had to educate them that they pose a risk to the general public because unconsciously, they will be infecting others.”
Dahiru urged members of the public to observe the protocols, adding that the virus is still raging.
He added, “Now that we have got details about their states and local governments, we will call the affected states and ask them to go to their homes for contact tracing.”
