takes a swab from a woman during a community COVID-19 coronavirus
testing campaign in Abuja on April 15, 2020. Kola Sulaimon /
AFP
Despite the rising number of COVID-19 infections in
Nigeria with 883 deaths, Taraba is the only state in the
country yet to record a single fatality from the
virus.
Data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as of
Saturday, August 1st, 2020, indicated that the West Africa
country’s COVID-19 infections now stand at 43, 537 with 20,087
recoveries.
Taraba, so far, have 54 cases of the virus, out of which 11 have
been discharged, 43 persons on admission but no death reported.
COVID-19 hotbeds. Designer: Channels TV/Benjamin
Oluwatoyin.
Nigeria’s COVID-19 epicentre, Lagos has reported 192 deaths from
15,043 cases, the highest number of fatality in the country.
All Clear?
On May 17th, Taraba state discharged all 17 active cases of
coronavirus (COVID-19) receiving treatment after they tested
negative twice.
Nigeria’s North-East region.
Governor Darius Ishaku confirmed this to reporters when he
inspected a 100-bed space capacity isolation centre at the NYSC
orientation camp in Sibre in Ardo-Kola Local Government Area (LGA)
of the state.
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No Testing Centre
The governor had also lamented the lack of a COVID-19 testing
centre in the state, calling on the Federal Government to set up at
least one testing centre in the area.
Although a lockdown was imposed on the state to curtail the
spread of COVID-19, the government suspended the restriction of
movement for residents for the Local Government Council elections
held on June 30.
Return To Class
On Thursday and in line with the Federal Government’s directive,
the Taraba government asked graduating students in secondary
schools in the state to resume on August 4.
It explained that this was to enable the students revise for the
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE),
conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).