SAN FRANCISCO, November 17, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has said positive cases of COVID-19 were not detected at the camps of the ongoing National Youth Service Corps (NYSC,), contrary to reports in the media on Monday.
Rather, the cases of COVID-19 were “detected outside the camps and the positive cases were subsequently excluded from being part of the ongoing orientation at the camp”, the NCDC said.
Reports on Monday had indicated that some corps members tested positive for coronavirus in NYSC camps in Lagos, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory.
But speaking as a guest on ‘The Morning Show’, an Arise Television breakfast programme on Tuesday, the Director-General NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu clarified issues on the reported COVID-19 cases.
“Before you get to the camp you are screened and it is through that screening process that naturally, we find people coming for screening not knowing that they are infected, being tested, identified then excluded from the camp, appropriately isolated and then managed.
“So this is really what has happened and this was the report that went out yesterday and there was some miscommunication in how it was reported.
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“But there was no case in the camp. The cases were detected because of the measures that we took to prevent people with infections getting into the camp”, the NCDC DG said.
