At least twenty-five members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19 in Gombe State.
The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Habu Dahiru made this known on Saturday.
Dahiru stated that a total of 1,291 tests were conducted on corps members posted to the State and 25 of the samples were positive.
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He said a nursing mother, and three others with underlying ailments of hypertension and asthma were among those who tested positive for the virus.
The Commissioner however said that all the victims have been quarantined at the Isolation Centre of Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kwadon, Yamaltu/Deba LGA of the State.
“The victims were identified during the ongoing screening and rapid testing at the Orientation Camp at Amadan, which began when the camp opened five days ago,” Dahiru said.
He added that the victims were from states where cases of the Delta COVID variant have been recorded.
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