Plateau shuts down private hospital after 17 staff tested positive to COVID-19
Plateau state government yesterday shuts down a private hospital after 17 staff of the hospital tested positive for COVID-19. The hospital which is known as Rayfield Medical Center is located in Rayfield, in Jos South Local Government Area of the state. Dr Nimkong Lar, Commissioner for Health who gave the development in Jos told journalists that two patients who were being managed in the hospital had COVID-19 symptoms.
A 911 Tipper vehicle with Registration XA445NSK driven by one Okafor Patrick Ndubuisi has crushed two persons to death and injured six in Onitsha, Anambra State business hub, just a few days after a similar accident had claimed seven lives.
Daily Trust gathered that the driver lost control as a result of brake failure and rammed into a motor park, killing two and leaving about six persons with varying degrees of injuries.
The accident is coming barely one week when a similar fatal road crash within the area claimed six lives and
“Screening of primary and secondary contacts revealed that 17 staff of the hospital have tested positive for the virus and are also being attended to by the state Ministry of Health officials. Unfortunately, we lost one of them who were being treated,” he said. The commissioner however said as of yesterday, 29 health workers tested positive for the virus in the state.
The commissioner further called on residents of the state not to panic as government was on top of the situation, calling on all and sundry to obey government directives against the disease. injured six others. Confirming the incident, Anambra state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed said the corpses have been deposited at the mortuary for postmortem examination, while the affected vehicle driver has been arrested.
He said, “On the 16/6/2020 at about 6:23 pm, a 911 Tipper with Registration XA445NSK, driven by one Okafor Patrick Ndubuisi ‘m’ aged 55 years of Ogbauru Street, Okpoko lost control while in motion along Enugu/Onitsha Expressway by old defunct NITEL Onitsha and crashed into PN Emerah park as a result, eight persons sustained varying degrees of injury.”