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5 New Cases Of Covid-19 Pushes Nigeria To 27
Makinde Speaks As Oyo Records First Case
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 27 following five new cases that emerged on Sunday.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC in a post on its twitter handle said three of the five new cases were in Lagos with one in Abuja and the first case emerging in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Of the 27 cases so far recorded in Nigeria, 2 have fully recovered and been discharged.
NCDC said:
“As of March, 22, 2020, three cases were reported in Lagos State all have travel history to high-risk countries in the last 7 days
“We’re working closely with @LSMOH to identify & follow up with contacts.
“If you‘ve returned to Nigeria from any country in the last 14 days, please stay in self-isolation,” according to official NCDC twitter handle.
Meanwhile, reacting to the first case in Oyo State, Governor Seyi Makinde in a statement early on Sunday said:
“The COVID-19 confirmation test for the suspected case at Bodija has come back POSITIVE. The result was released at 17:35 PM of March 21, 2020,” he said.
“A follow up on the Ekiti COVID-19 case revealed that the deceased was picked up directly from Lagos Airport to a private apartment in Ona Ara Local Government Area.
“The Health Authorities have contacted the family concerned and the community has been alerted for intensified contact tracing and self-isolation of identified close contacts.
“The information given that he stayed in some hotels in Ibadan has been found to be false.
“Another returnee from Texas, USA, has also been identified at Oluyole Local Government Area. She has been kept in self-isolation with close monitoring by the State Epidemiological Team.
“All recent returnees are again urged to identify themselves to Ministry Officials and self-isolate for 14 days.
“We have released funds for: a. Activation of Emergency Operation Centre at the Ministry of Health; establishment of Diagnostic Centre for screening of Coronavirus and other related infectious diseases to be stationed at the UCH, Ibadan; equipping of the newly designated Oyo State Infectious Disease Centre at Olodo that has the capacity for over 100 cases.”
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