The Akwa Ibom state government is building a new isolation centre to add to the existing two isolation centres in the state because of the novel
The new centre, located at the General Hospital, Ituk Mbang, Uruan Local Government Area, would have space for 300 beds, a doctor quarters, laboratory, and administrative offices when completed.Governor Udom Emmanuel
“Nobody would have thought that we would need a 300-bed isolation centre, but circumstances have forced us to build it, that is what we just went to inspect today,” the Commissioner for Information in Akwa Ibom state, Charles Udoh, told“No one was prepared for this situation. From China, to Europe, and to the United States, what everyone is doing is that you learn as the situation evolves, you adjust as the situation evolves,” Mr Udoh said.
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