29 health workers test positive for coronavirus in Plateau

  

  

 Plateau State Government has announced that 29 of its health workers have contacted the coronavirus disease.

   The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Lar, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Wednesday in Jos. Lar said the state has recorded 198 COVID-19 confirmed cases, with 114 patients discharged and five deaths.

  “COVID19 Update, the NCDC says Plateau has 168 confirmed cases but results released now confirms we have 198 cases,’’ he said. According to him, a private hospital in the state was shut down for two weeks, following its exposure to two coronavirus patients, who were managed for other health conditions.

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