At least, 31 people who tested positive for Coronavirus in
Gombe State are on the run, the state’s Taskforce on COVID-19 said on
Wednesday.
According to the task force, the 31 people have refused to
show up once they knew they were positive.
Chairman of the task force, Prof. Idris Mohammed, who spoke
while giving update of Coronavirus in the State, said the 31 positive
individuals who were yet to be identified and evacuated.
The 31 positive cases were among people intercepted at the
state entry points, whose samples were taken for tests after being isolated.
However, by the time their results came out, which tested
positive, they had found their ways back into their communities, refusing to be
evacuated to the isolation centres.
Mohammed, however, appealed to them to cooperate with the
task force team by submitting themselves willingly to curtail community
transmission.
He said the task force would rather persuade the people to
cooperate with them than to use force.
According to him, the public should understand that COVID-19
is not a death sentence and that it is advisable to start treatment as soon as
it is detected.
The Task Force Chairman also said Gombe has discharged a
total number of 91 persons from its isolation centres after testing negative
twice.
According to him, the state only has 11 active cases on
admission at its isolation centres, NAN reports.
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