By Emmanuel Awari-Jalingo
The Taraba state Technical Committee on COVID 19 has announced that it has recorded three New cases of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Chairman of the committee and Commissioner of Health Dr. Innocent Vakkai stated this while briefing newsmen in Jalingo.
“The Taraba State government has confirmed the result released by the National Center for Disease Control NCDC on two new active cases of COVID-19 in the state.
Vakai said the two patients have already been quarantined at the isolation centers of the federal medical center (FMC) and the specialist hospital Jalingo.
“We recorded three cases of COVID 19 pandemic, one have been treated and discharge while one is at the Federal Medical Center and the other at the Specialist Hospital all in Jalingo”
According to him, the technical committee observed that public activities of over (20) persons like, football matches and wedding ceremonies were being held in different parts of the state without the use of facemasks.
He announced that the state lockdown order is still in force, noting that the interstate travel ban lifted by the federal government was not the decision of the Taraba State government as it remains prohibited in the state.
He advised citizens to adhere to safety measures and the state laid down rules to help manage the situation.
In a related development, Speaker, Taraba state house of Assembly Dr Joseph Kunini on Monday urged the people of the state to strictly follow the hygiene protocol given by the WHO to avoid the spread of the pandemic in the state following Sunday night discovery of three new cases in the state.
After a nearly two months since the last case of COVID-19 in the state was treated and discharged, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC on Sunday night announced the discovery of three new active cases of COVID-19 in Taraba state, raising concern from a cross section of the public.
Kunini, said that there was no need to panick over the new cases but that instead, they should continue to observe the lockdown imposed by the state government, observe social distancing, and other hygiene procedures.
He assured that the state government was working hard to protect the lives of the people and would not hesitate to take even more proactive measures to keep the state safe.
“I can see a lot of panick already since the announcement of the three new cases in the state last night. The concern of the people is quite genuine but I think the people need not to panick. This is not the time for panicking. The state government has already put in place a lot of measures to ensure that any cases of COVID-19 in the state is contained timely.
“What we need to do now is to ensure that we follow even more strictly all the advice that has been given both by the state government and the WHO. people should ensure social distancing, washing of hands and use of face masks in public places, use of hand sanitizers and the lockdown”.
Kunini called on the Federal government to quickly provide testing kits and a testing centre in the state so that the true situation of the pandemic could be ascertained.
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