Twelve health workers test positive to COVID-19 in Bauchi

Yusuf Bello | Bauchi state government on Saturday said 12 health workers in the state have tested positive for COVID-19.

Aliyu Maigoro, commissioner of health in the state who made the disclosure at a press briefing said six of the affected health workers are in Azare, headquarters of Katagum local government area, while the other six are in Bauchi, the state capital.

The commissioner said, “As at today, we have 12 medical officers in the whole of Bauchi state who have been infected with COVID-19. Six of them are in Azare, headquarters of Katagum local government council of the state, while others are here in Bauchi.”

“Let me, however, tell you that we have not recorded any death among these medical workers.”

The commissioner also revealed that the state’s surveillance team is working with other states in tracing some patients who fled the state isolation centre earlier in the week with the aim of bringing them back into isolation.

“We have a link between Bauchi and other states; our surveillance team has a link; if you escape, they will give us your contact, which we will use to trace you.”

“There is inter-state synergy; we have just apprehended a contact from Taraba State, who came to Bauchi and he is being isolated.

“Wherever you are, once we have your address, we are going to get you, because if we don’t, you are going to infect other people in the community, he added.”

Bauchi state has recorded 102 COVID-19 cases.