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COVID-19; NW S.G RECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL GIFTS.

By Denicia Wirku in Bamenda.

A consignment of 1870 cubes of savon, 30litters of 1020 containers of hand sanitizers, 6800 buckets and 34000 face masks have arrived the NWR. The Secretary General at the NW Governor's Office: Viang Mekala received the consignment on behalf of the Governor, dispatched from the Ministry of Territory Administration- MINAT.


The items that will be distributed from Thursday April 30 2020 to all 34 Subdivisions of the 7 Divisions in the North West Region, is part of the 2 billion CFAF donated by the President of the Republic: Paul Biya for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

It is expected that the items will enable the population of the region to effectively implement the hygienic preventive measures put in place by the Government and the WHO to curb the spread of the dreaded disease.


The North West region has thus far recorded five confirmed cases of Covid-19 and the reception of the Presidential grant comes few days after the region also benefited from the setting up of a Confirmatory laboratory to conduct coronavirus tests authorized to eight of the ten regions in the country.

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