Taraba Releases 124 Suspects from Isolation Centre

The Taraba State Technical Committee on COVID-19 on Sunday released 124 persons quarantined at the state isolation centre situated at the NYSC orientation camp in Sibre, near Jalingo, the state capital.

The suspects were part of the 130 travellers who were intercepted and quarantined at the isolation centre, six of whom tested positive to COVID-19.

The Chairman of the Technical Committee, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, who handed over the suspects to the caretaker chairmen of their various local government area, said the suspects were discharged after testing negative to the virus twice.

Vakkai, who is the state Commissioner for Health, noted that the suspects, who traveled to the state from high risk areas, have spent the mandatory 14 days in isolation.

According to him "Out of the 130 people, six tested positive while the remaining tested negative twice after 14 days in quarantine. Though we have eight positive cases, two of the cases are not from the 130 people quarantined in this centre.

"We have called the chairmen of various local government councils to hand over their people to them, and we have profiled them for easy tracing in case of any issue arising hereafter."

Caretaker Chairman of Jalingo LGA and the state ALGON Chairman, Alhaji Abdulnaseer Bobboji, told journalists that the local government councils in the state have keyed into the efforts put in place by the state government to contain the virus.

Bobboji, however, called on well-meaning individuals and NGOs to support and assist the government to provide facemasks to the people of the state, saying no local government council can afford to provide face masks and other personal protective equipment to the citizens.