Frank Ikpefan, Abuja
Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, and Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare on Thursday went through screening for a likely case of coronavirus at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in the state.
The NYSC Director-General, Brig Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim; a representative of the Anambra State Chief Judge, Justice B. A. Agbata, and the State NDLEA Commander, Mr. Misbahu Idris, also participated in the procedure.
Chief Obiano presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the 2020 Batch ‘A’ stream I corps members.
The governor also inaugurated the newly constructed orientation camp located in Umuawulu/Mbaukwu in Awka South Local Government Area of the State.
The NYSC stated these in a statement issued on Thursday night by its Director, Press and Public Relations, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi.
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The statement reads: “As part of recommended measures to contain the COVID-19, high profile personalities on visit to NYSC Orientation Camps are being subjected to screening along with corps members and other visitors before entry.
“This is in addition to the provision of handwash points with germ-killing liquid soaps and sanitizers at strategic points in all the orientation camps.
“Apart from screening all the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Stream One corps members in the 37 NYSC orientation camps in the country, sensitisation leaflets on Lassa fever and Coronavirus have been distributed to them so as to arm them with the requisite information on the viruses and how to prevent infection.
“A total of 1,926 corps members took the oath of allegiance at the ceremony comprising 918 males and 1,008 females.”
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