Wike confirms index case, orders market closure

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has confirmed the index positive case of coronavirus in the state, declaring that the state government has commenced contact tracing of those she had contact with.

The governor also directed that all civil servants from Grade Level 1-10 were to remain at home from Friday till further notice.

“On arrival in Port Harcourt, she was asymptomatic and commenced self-isolation in her family house before her samples were collected and sent to the Reference Laboratory, Irrua in Edo State. “May I, therefore, urge you all to remain calm because there is no cause for alarm. The state government is fully prepared to ensure that the incident is contained to avoid further spread.”He said, “All local government chairmen are to head task forces in their various local government areas that will ensure that markets remain closed. Council chairmen are empowered to confiscate the goods of defaulters.

 

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