The Yobe State Executive Council has approved the construction of a 200-bed Isolation Centre at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital Damaturu at the cost of N7, 022, 754, 651.11.

The Commissioner for Information, Home Affairs and Culture, Abdullahi Bego announced this yesterday at the end of the State Executive Council meeting held yesterday and Chaired by Governor Mai Mala Buni in Damaturu, the state capital.

According to Mr. Bego, the approved sum will cater for other health projects and road construction in the state as well as the Yobe Cargo International Airport under construction.

The Isolation Centre, the Commissioner noted, is a proactive measure against an outbreak of any kind of disease other than COVID-19 that will require such a facility.

He said: “The State Executive Council ratified the approval of the sum of N1, 202, 406, 208.99 for the supply of medical equipment and furniture for the Medical College of the Yobe State University and the procurement of electronic medical records and the training of members of staff at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital (YSUTH), and the specialist hospitals in Damaturu, Potiskum, and Gashu’a.

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“Also approved is the sum of N288, 998, 270.00 for the construction of 1.5-kilometre road and 3.0-kilometre concrete drains through direct labour at the Dr Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu.

“Similarly, the sum of N169, 041, 071.35 was approved for the rehabilitation of Kaliyari-Bayamari road through direct labour as well as the rehabilitation of the Jakusko-Garin Alkali Road at the cost of N219, 698, 226.92.

“Council has also approved the sum of N1, 225, 632, 904.34 for revised additional works on the Nguru Modern Market project,” the statement read.

In Kebbi State, the government has received 60,704 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government, according to the Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Jaafar Muhammad. He disclosed this during the official administration of the new doses in Birnin-Kebbi yesterday.

He explained that those who had taken first jabs of AstraZeneca vaccines would need to wait for the arrival of its second doses for their second jabs.