Cases rise to 198 By Golok Nanmwa, Jos Plateau state government on Wednesday closed down a private hospital in Jos, Rayfield Medical center , for public safety for two weeks following the facility’s exposure to the dreaded Coronavirus disease. Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Nimkong Lar who addressed newsmen in Jos on said […]

As the Coronavirus continue to ravage public health globally with hundreds of thousand deaths recorded, Plateau Health Inter-professional Committee on COVID-19, a group of health experts has called on the Plateau State government to expand testing for COVID-19, adopt new testing strategy and give greater attention to the vulnerable in the State. Chairman of the […]

Plateau State government has refuted a claim by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC that the State has five additional cases of COVID-19 disease as at Thursday, the 14th saying it was only 1 new case that was recorded as the remaining four were repeated cases which were mistaken for fresh ones. The State […]

Governor Lalong in stable condition and asymptomatic – Dr. Lar With the resurgence of COVID-19 and increase in the number of people being affected by the virus, the Plateau State Government has called on Citizens to adhere strictly to laid down health protocols in order not to be infected by the Virus. The government decried […]

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF PLATEAU STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY RT. HON. SIMON BAKO LALONG, CHAIRMAN OF PLATEAU STATE TASK FORCE ON COVID-19 ON EASE OF LOCKDOWN 11TH JUNE 2020.PROTOCOLS Gentlemen of the press, you will recall that I addressed you on several occasions on our efforts to combat the Corona Virus pandemic and […]

With over 700,000 active cases and over 50,000 deaths recorded globally, with Nigeria having 162 active cases and 2 death cases, the Chief Medical Director of Jos University Teaching Hospital , Plateau State, Prof. Edmund Banwat has reaffirmed that there is no positive case of the Coronavirus in Plateau State. He said contrary to false […]

The Plateau state Joint Technical Task Team on Emergency Response to COVID-19 on challenges of movement of food and agricultural inputs has warned transporters against conveying illicit items and passengers.Plateau state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Ebuka, who is the task force chairman, gave the warning at the inauguration of the committee in Jos.Ebuka, who […]

Rep. Dachung Musa Bagos, Member representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency in the Nigerian National Assembly Abuja, has distributed food items to some Plateau State indigenes resident in APO DISTRICT of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Hon. Bagos who was ably represented by his Abuja Liaison Officer and former staff of the British Council, Rwas […]

The Senator representing Plateau Central District, Nde Hezekiah Dimka has distributed food intervention to the people of the 5 LGAs in his Senatorial Zone to alleviate the sufferings of the people from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be recalled that Plateau State imposed a lockdown to prevent the spread of the novel pandemic. This lockdown […]

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has threatened to impose a total lockdown on the state if people continue to violate the safety guidelines issued to contain the spread of the virus in the state. Sanwo-Olu said the government would be forced to review terms of easing the lockdown if there was no […]