The Nasarawa Government has said that all the five suspected cases of COVID-19 being isolated at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Keffi, tested negative to the virus.
Ahmed Yahaya, State Commissioner for Health, disclosed this at a press briefing on Saturday, following and emergency stakeholders meeting at the Government House, Lafia.
According to the Commissioner, the results from a specimen taken from the five suspected cases for a test at the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Abuja, all came back negative.
Yahaya said that the five persons were still undergoing some clinical processes and would soon be discharged from the isolation centre.
He added that the government has put machinery in place to curtail any case of COVID-19 in the state.
He said the government had set up response teams, domiciled at FMC Keffi and Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) Lafia with isolation centres at the two facilities.
“The suspected cases that were confirmed negative were quarantined at one of the isolation centres in Keffi.
“The isolation centre in DASH has been expanded to 18 rooms; nine each for suspected cases and confirmed cases if any,” the Commissioner added.