COVID-19: Nasarawa records two new cases

Nasarawa Governor, Abdullahi Sule has confirmed two new cases of Coronavirus, raising the number to three in Nasarawa State.

The two ladies who tested positive for Coronavirus are said to be Lagos returnees and they are currently in isolation.

According to him: “Since the advent of COVID-19, Nasarawa state has taken measures to curtail the spread of the pamdemic in the state and one of the measures is to isolate our citizens who are returning from high risk states.

Abdullahi Sule;

“Since the advent of COVID-19, Nasarawa state has taken measures to curtail the spread of the pamdemic in the state and one of the measures is to isolate our citizens who are returning from high risk states.

“Currently, we have 40 of such people who are quarantined at the State Polytechnics Lafia.

“We took samples of those who showed symptoms of COVID-19, a total of 14 samples were taken and two of them are positive, that makes a total of 3.

“We have moved all of them from the State Polytechnics to Dalhatu Arab Specialist (DASH)Hospital Lafia, 11 contacts of the index cases are isolated at DASH, their sample are taken and we are waiting for the result.”