No fewer than six members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19 in Abia State, ABN TV reports.

The six positive cases were recorded from the ongoing testing of the potential corps members prior to camping.

Commissioner for Information in the state, Chief John Okiyi Kalu says State Government is fully supporting the Corps with full epidemiology, surveillance, and rapid response teams.

"We wish to state that the State Government is fully supporting the Corps with our epidemiology, surveillance, and rapid response teams. So far, we have recorded only six positive cases of the disease among those tested and they have been managed and/or discharged as applicable.

Testing and surveillance processes continue throughout the camping period and beyond," he says in a statement.

Source: https://abntv.com.ng/2020/12/breaking-6-nysc-members-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-abia/

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Covid 19 is not as scary as it was projected. they will recover from it after some few days