Concerns are ripe among authorities and young graduates currently at the various camps of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) across the country, as at least 109 prospective corps members were diagnosed with COVID-19.
The NYSC orientation camps were opened at the weekend for Batch B, Stream 1 of this year’s season of the national youth service.
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The cases were detected following mandatory COVID-19 tests conducted on reporting corps members. The identified cases have been moved to isolation centres in the respective states.
NYSC officials at the states level have constituted COVID-19 Vanguard, a team to aid enforce compliance to health protocols on the camps.
The federal government had, on Monday, raised the alarm over the spread of the contagious Delta variant of the virus to more states, as authorities mull fresh lockdown for the worst-hit states.
Data obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows a sharp spike in incidences with 851 cases recorded in the first two days of August.
Similarly, the agency’s statistics indicate that 11 persons died from COVID-19 complications on the second day of the month.
In Edo State, 17 corps members tested positive for the virus at the point of registration.
It was gathered that all the corps members were tested for the virus before being admitted into the camp.
The state NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Abiodun Olubukola, had during the swearing-in ceremony inaugurated COVID-19 Vanguard as part of efforts to ensure strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocol.
