COVID 19: Drama As Benue Index Case Refuses Remedy,Dragged Govt To Court docket

Benue State Deputy governor Engr Benson Abounu stated the primary sufferer of COVID-19 within the state Mrs Susan Okpe has refused to be handled of the dreaded illness, The Nation stories.

Abounu additionally disclosed that the sufferer has dragged the federal and state governments to court docket after she was transferred to Abuja

Briefing journalist in Makurdi, Abounu, who doubles as chairman of Emergency committee on COVID-19 said that aside from the case of Susan Okpe, there is no such thing as a different case of coronavirus an infection within the state.

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The deputy governor stated Benue authorities has procured 100, 000 face masks from Cross River State garment trade to be distributed freed from cost.

On palliatives, he stated the committee obtained three (3) vans of rice from the Federal authorities and distributed it within the three (3) senatorial zones.

He stated the COVID-19 emergency committee is working around the clock to make sure that they cease the unfold of the virus in communities.