Rivers Government Approves N2.3b for COVID-19, Orders Compulsory Testing Of Workers

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has ordered employees of the Government House to undergo mandatory tests, as infected persons hit 1,056 in the state.

He gave the directive while receiving three ambulances from the Executive Director of BUA Foundation, Khalifa Rabiu, in Port Harcourt to boost the ongoing COVID-19 fight in the South-South state.

In his remarks, the Commissioner for Health, Professor Princewill Chike, said 3,434 samples had been tested, adding that the state treatment centre had successfully managed and discharged 584 patients.