Benue Govt activates emergency centres over COVID-19 alert

Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul Ogwuche, has stated that the ministry has reactivated its Emergency Response Centres to fortify readiness against immoderate imaginable outbreak of COVID-19.

Ogwuche made this known connected Tuesday successful Makurdi portion responding to questions from journalists.

His connection comes aft reports emerged that a Chinese national tested affirmative for COVID-19 successful Cross River State past week, sparking fears successful neighbouring Benue State.

According to the commissioner, “The exigency effect centres are functional; each the pillars of operations are precise active, truthful determination is nary request for anyone to panic due to the fact that of what happened successful Cross River State.

“It’s existent we stock a bound with Cross River, but I americium assuring the nationalist that, arsenic portion of our preparedness, each Public Health Emergency Response Centres person been reactivated and are functional.”

Speaking connected the concern of Lassa fever successful the state, Ogwuche revealed that nary caller lawsuit had been reported wrong the past 4 weeks.

He explained that the astir caller briefing from the authorities epidemiologist confirmed that determination were presently nary recorded cases during the play nether review.

“We are making progress. I spoke with the State Epidemiologist today, and helium confirmed that determination is nary diligent connected ...