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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, said on Saturday the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the rot in Nigeria\u2019s health care system.<\/p>\n

Ishaku, who stated this while declaring open the 2020 Physician Week in Jalingo, the state capital, added that the problem in the nation\u2019s health sector was exposed as samples were taken to far places for testing.<\/p>\n

Represented at the event by the state\u2019s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, the governor said the government has established two COVID-19 testing centres in the state.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: Govt working to achieve zero COVID-19 death in Taraba \u2013 Gov Ishaku<\/b><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe have also reconstructed three General Hospitals in the state and revitalised the School of Nursing and Midwifery to boost manpower in the hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe outbreak of COVID-19 unravelled the inadequacies of our health system and there is need for an overhaul of the sector. This is the reason why the administration has invested so much in the health sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, said on Saturday the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the rot in Nigeria\u2019s health care system. 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