24 HEALTH WORKERS TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IN BAUCHI
The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, said on Saturday that 24 health workers in the state have tested positive for coronavirus.
Mohammed who made this announcement to newsmen in Bauchi, however, said no death had been recorded among the affected health workers.
He revealed that 17 of them were from Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state while 7 were from Bauchi Local Government Area.
Mohammed, who also doubles as the Chairman, Bauchi State Contact Tracing on COVID-19 Committee, said that all the health workers in the state were now more careful in handling the disease.
He added that all the necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) had been provided for the frontline healthcare workers in the state.
“Here in Bauchi, we are really very concerned about this infection that is affecting our healthcare workers so that they will not be discouraged or demoralised,” he said.
The PHCDA boss also assured the people that health workers in the state would continue to put in their best to ensure that more patients recover from the infections.
According to the NCDC, Bauchi State has so far recorded 210 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 41 discharged and 3 deaths.
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