COVID-19: 11 Test Positive In Jalingo NYSC Orientation Camp.
Eleven Corp members undergoing orientation in Taraba state, Jalingo, have tested positive for Covid-19 pandemic.
The chairman of the COVID-19 Technical Committee in Taraba, Dr Innocent Vakai, announced this on Monday at a news conference organized by the State Ministry of Information and Orientation in Jalingo.
He stated that the victims were currently receiving treatments at various isolation centers in the state.
Vakkai, who is also the Commissioner of Health in Taraba state has urged residents of the state to be cautious of the pandemic.
He also begged residents to always follow COVID-19 precautions to help curtail the spread.
Earlier, Mr Danjuma Adamu, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said that the state would soon establish a model ranch and livestock training centre.
Adamu said that the plan to establish the centre was in line with the open grazing and ranches establishment law of the state.
He also added that the centre would promote modern techniques for animal husbandry.
The commissioner said that the centre would mitigate the herders/ farmers’ conflicts in the state.
Adamu said that the efforts made by the state government in restoring peace to southern Taraba had begun to yield positive results.
He said that resettlement of the displaced persons was ongoing as sensitisation and seminars on peaceful co-existence were regularly conducted among the communities affected by the crisis.
