Benue State First Lady, Eunice Ortom, has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
Mrs Ortom broke the news on Friday night in a statement, saying her son and some staff have also contracted the disease.
She advised those who have met her recently to go on isolation and make themselves available for COVID-19 test.
“Few moments ago this evening, I received my result from the tests earlier carried out on me by NCDC personnel on routine screening at Government House, Makurdi, which returned that I, my son, and some staff are COVID-19 positive,” she said.
“We have from this moment, gone into total isolation as required by the protocol and would immediately begin the management treatment as advised by medical experts.
“While I have taken the responsibility to personally call everyone I can recall to have had recent contact with me to go for testing, I advise everyone who has had close contact with me in the last 2 weeks and the public to go for screening and testing.
“I wish to reiterate that being COVID-19 positive is not a death sentence as evident by the many recoveries recorded thus far, so there is no need to panic, but we should continue to be responsible in our actions so as to keep others safe.”
The Benue first lady advised people of the state to take preventive “measures to be protected and be safe by observing the primary protocols”.
