The official said these were workers managing COVID-19 patients in primary health centres, hospitals and private clinics across the state.
Executive Governor of Plateau state, Simon Bako Lalong. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter account of Lalong]The Commisioner for Health in Plateau, Nimkong Lar, has said that 57 health workers were infected withMr Lar stated this at a press briefing after an executive council meeting on Wednesday in Jos.
“We have conducted 9,039 test, we have 7,324 results and 1,715 pending while 571 are confirmed cases. Also speaking, the commissioner for communication, Dan Manjang, said that government would take disciplinary action against civil servants who refused to submit themselves for COVID-19 test. He urged the public not to stigmatise people submitting themselves for the test, saying it was not a death sentence as many patients had recovered from the disease.Mr Manjang further said that the executive meeting reviewed the 2020 budget downward, following the current pandemic and that the federal allocation and the internal generated revenue had been affected.
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