Plateau Hospital Shuts Down As 17 Staff Test Positive For Coronavirus

 

Plateau state government has shut down a private hospital after 17 staff tested positive for COVID-19.

 

The order for the hospital to be shut was given yesterday.

 

The hospital which is known as Rayfield Medical center is located in Rayfield, Jos South Local Government Area of the state.

 

The commissioner for health, Dr Nimkong Lar, who made the disclosure in Jos told journalists that two patients who were being managed in the hospital had developed COVID-19 virus.

“Unfortunately, we lost one of them.” The commissioner however said as of of Wednesday, 29 health workers have tested positive to the virus in the state.

 

The commissioner further called on residents of the state not to panic as government is on top of the situation, calling on all and sundry to obey government directives against the disease.