[NYSC] 138 NYSC members tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 34,785 corps members and members of the camp communities that were tested. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Monday during a National briefing in Abuja said that 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) had so far tested positive to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
"None of those who tested positive was allowed into the camps," Ihekweazu said.
34,785 corps members and members of the camp communities have been tested with 138 turning positive representing 0.4 per cent prevalence, according to him. "It means one out of 200 people," he further explained. The NCDC Director-General said that those who tested positive were either managed at home or in a treatment centre, depending on if they had symptoms and what state they were in.
NYSC members test positive for COVID-19
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