Ortom stretches lockdown by two weeks

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Wednesday extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on residents by two weeks.

The governor disclosed that due to the increasing coronavirus cases in the country, the Expanded Executive Council and the State Action Committee on COVID-19 extended the curfew.

“The curfew is from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. It is extended because of the rising cases of the pandemic in some states. Our people travel to these states and this is a big problem,” he said.

He, however, noted that all the staff of the Grace Cottage Hospital, Makurdi, where the index case in the state was first admitted, were isolated for 14 days after which their vital signs were taken to Abuja for tests and they all tested negative.

“This is because they adhered strictly to the preventive aspects of the disease while handling her case. So, there is no cause for alarm,” he said.