Taraba govt to enforce total lockdown as state confirms 6 COVID-19 cases
Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has insisted that the two weeks total lockdown in the state is not negotiable, calling for a totalThe governor’s stance and apparent fear among residents follows the announcement of 6 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the state by the NCDC.
“We all woke up this morning to the shocking news of six confirmed cases of COVID-19 by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, from samples taken from persons already quarantined by the State Task Force who are presently at the NYSC isolation center, Sibre” “I, therefore, commend the proactive steps of the committee which led to the isolation and identification of the reported cases”
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