Gombe Inaugurates Isolation Centre in Kaltungo

A 60-bed capacity isolation centre has been inaugurated by the Gombe State Government at Kaltungo General Hospital in its determination to expand the frontiers of containment measures against COVID-19 pandemic.

The new centre, which used to be the snake bite treatment facility situated inside the General Hospital, Kaltungo was renovated and upgraded by the state government through the state taskforce on COVID-19 and equipped by

CA- COVID, a coalition of Nigerian private sector.

Inaugurating the centre, the State Deputy Governor, Dr. Manassah Daniel Jatau who represented Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, said while the government funded the upgrade of the facility, CA-COVID, a coalition of Nigerian private sector in partnership with Central Bank of Nigeria furnished the facility with operational equipment.

He said that the gesture by CA-COVID was a big push on the state government in handling the

Coronavirus pandemic which has a negative effect on entire humanity.

Dr. Jatau explained that as a global pandemic, Coronavirus had no known trend and presented a lot of thorny issues and challenges with no efficacious treatment known to mankind.

He expressed delight over the foresight exhibited by Governor Inuwa Yahaya and the hard working State Task force on COVID-19 who were doing everything possible to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the state.

The deputy governor charged other organisations to borrow a leaf from the donors (CA-COVID), appealing to members of the host community to assist the taskforce by giving them accurate and timely information about suspected cases for immediate quarantine, isolation and treatment.

The deputy governor also explained that, even though Gombe State had over 67% recovery rate and only 2% death rate, it was not yet over, especially that World Health Organisation warned that the pandemic may not go away early.