The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that 731 members of Batch B National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19, Njenje Media News reports.
PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, at a briefing on Tuesday in Abuja said the PTF conducted the testing of batch B corps members using RDTs. Out of the 35,419 in the Batch B, 731 tested positive compared to the 108 recorded in Batch A.
Njenje Media News understands that there is a spike in cases of the novel virus and a new, more deadly mutant that has gripped the UK and other parts of the world.
