By Richard Emmanuel
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom took to his verified media handle to appreciate his domestic staffs, Benue people and Nigerians for their love, prayers and show of concern in the fight against Covid19.
It may be recall that the governor’s wife Dr Eunice and his son had tested positive for Covid19 over the weekend and have been in isolation for further treatment and investigations to ascertain the number of contacts.
The governor said, his family truly felt loved for the inspiring messages and said they and tall appreciated it.
He further explained that in the next few days, they will submit samples for another round of test to ascertain the current status of the affected family members, domestic staff, aides and others.
He said they are all in stable condition.
“My wife Dr Eunice, our son and all the others who tested positive for COVID-19 are in stable condition and are receiving treatment”.
“We will submit our samples for another round of tests in the next few days to ascertain the current status of the affected family members, domestic staff, aides and some of us who are negative”.
“Let me encourage other Benue people who are yet to know their status to take advantage of the ongoing COVID-19 Test Sample Collection”.
“There is the need for the people to adhere to prevention measures such as physical distancing, the use of face masks, alcohol based sanitizers and frequent hand washing with soap”.
“Together, we shall defeat COVID-19 pandemic”. He said.