No fewer than 15 intending Christian pilgrims have tested positive for COVID-19 infection in Delta.
The State Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this in a statement in Asaba.
He said that 77 other intending Christian pilgrims from the state, due to the delay in the release of the test results by the pilgrim authority, missed their flight.
According to Aniagwu, a total of 315 pilgrims from Delta were to be airlifted to Jordan from the Port Harcourt International Airport to perform their pilgrimage.
The commissioner, who flayed the decision of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission NCPC to centralise COVID-19 tests for intending pilgrims in the state, condemned the arrangement for causing pains to the travelers.
According to him, the centralised COVID-19 test, ordered by the NCPC, had caused untold hardship to intending pilgrims in the state.
He, however, apologized to the affected pilgrims for the inconveniences suffered as a result of the botched arrangement, while assuring that efforts are on to remedy the situation.
