The Chief of Staff to the Plateau Governor, Mr Noel Donjur, has now tested negative to COVID-19 weeks after testing positive and going into Isolation.
The State information Commisioner, Mr Dan Manjang, announced this on Saturday in a signed statement.
Manjang said that the State Commissioner of Health, Dr Ndam Lar, broke the news and said that the Chief of Staff was “asymptomatic.”
“The State government hereby wishes the Chief of Staff sustainable good health and gives God the glory for showing him great mercy.
“Let me reiterate that COVID-19 is real and it is not a death sentence,” Lar said.
The Commissioner advised the public to exploit government initiative of taking over the bills and treatment of those whose tests have turned positive to test themselves and ascertain their health status as it relates to the virus.
He implored everyone to be their brothees’ keeper and stop stigmatising persons that have been infected.
“Rather than stigmatising one another, we should be our brothers’ keepers by standing by each other under thick and thin,” he said.
The commissioner called on all State civil servants to avail themselves for the COVID-19 test as “report reaching the government has it that some people have circumvented the exercise.
