Palpable fear has gripped staff of Gombe Governor’s Office particularly the office of the Secretary to the State Government following the death of one of the Directors in the office whose sample tests returned positive of COVID-19 infection. The development has, therefore, necessitated the closing of the office of the SSG as well as the Government House clinic to be fumigated after a confirmation that the COVID-19 test result of the government House staff who died Sunday returned positive. To this end, the Chairman said that all high-risk areas at the Government House, especially the office of the deceased, that of the SSG and the Clinic where he was admitted will be fumigated, closed and samples of the occupants collected for testing. Meanwhile, the Chairman Gombe State Taskforce on COVID-19 said Governor Inuwa Yahaya has approved the expansion and modification of the COVID-19 laboratory at the state specialist hospital. It will be recalled that it was reported on Sunday that a Director in the office of the SSG died after a brief illness and when his samples were tested he returned positive to COVID-19 infection.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 03, 2020 21:56 UTC