Benue State has confirmed it’s second case of COVID-19, an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
The officer, an indigene of Benue State whose name has been withheld, was said to have recently returned from Kano State in April.
This was disclosed by the governor of the state, Samuel Ortom, during a press briefing at the Government House, Makurdi, on Tuesday.
He said:
“It is unfortunate that I stand before you this morning to announce to you and Benue people that another case of COVID-19 has come to the state. His name is (name withheld). He is an indigene of Benue but works with the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Kano State Command.
“He came to Makurdi towards April ending and was immediately traced, quarantined and his sample taken to Abuja for a test but when the result came out, he tested positive.
“It is fortunate that the victim is cooperating with the state and I want to assure people that anybody with this kind of condition will not be neglected. Therefore, I want to urge everyone who had come into the state to come forward and present themselves to the committee for necessary action in their best interest.
“There is nothing wrong having you tested; even myself as a governor, I have tested for the disease but it came out negative while other governors tested positive. COVID-19 has no medicine but the medicine but its cure, for now, is to stay at home, maintain social distancing.”
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