NYSC makes COVID-19 test mandatory for corps members

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 20, 2021 a resident receives a dose of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine against Covid-19 during the first day of a mass vaccination campaign within the 'Paqueta Vaccinated' project, at Paqueta island in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - Rio de Janeiro Municipal Health Department, with the support of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), is carrying out the project in the island to evaluate the effects of immunization on a large scale. (Photo by Andre Borges / AFP)

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Prospective corps members are to henceforth undertake COVID-19 test ahead of their admission for the orientation course.

Director, Press and Public Relations of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, told reporters yesterday that mobilisation had been reduced nationwide to allow for physical and social distancing.

She said since the outbreak of the pandemic, five orientation courses have been successfully executed without infractions.

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