COVID19 patients in Gombe state protested over the lack of proper care at their Isolation center on May 5. The protesting patients forced their way out of their Isolation center and barricaded the federal highway linking Gombe to Borno state.

One of the patients said ‘‘they have all been using us for business”.

They said the Isolation center lacks drug and that they give the staff money to help them buy drugs.

According to NCDC, Gombe state has 96 confirmed cases of COVID19.