How Man Carried COVID-19 From Delta To Ebonyi

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Barely 72 hours of its first case of COVID-19, the Ebonyi State Government, on Wednesday, confirmed another case of the virus.

The second case came from a 27-year-old man who was intercepted at Ishieke in Ebonyi Local Government, together with his wife who is pregnant and maid.

The Commissioner of Health in the state, Daniel Umezuruike, in an update, in Abakaliki, the state capital, said the man and his family were coming from Delta State to Ebonyi State and stranded at Ishieke axis of the state, as a result of the curfew, before they were picked up by Policemen on patrol who took them to Pa Oruta Ngele Township Stadium.

Umezuruike noted that the 27-year-old man tested positive for COVID-19, and has been admitted to the state isolation center, while his maid tested negative but the result of his wife remained inconclusive.

The health commissioner said, “It is so unfortunate that yesterday we recorded the second case of coronavirus disease in Ebonyi State.

“It is actually a case of a 27-year-old male who was coming back from Asaba to Ebonyi state with his seven months pregnant wife and a made and on Sunday, the bus that was carrying them, stopped them at Ishieke junction in Ebonyi local government area of the state.

“Because of the curfew that was in place, they couldn’t get any means to get to their village where they were going to and while they were there, they encountered police who were on patrol and the policemen took them to Abakaliki stadium, So, while in the stadium they were kept in a separate position for their state where they were coming because we separated them according to where they were coming from and the state, Delta where they were coming from, was one of the states that already have cases.

“We had to do a test on them yesterday and it came out positive. The wife’s own was inconclusive but the maid tested negative. Presently, the man has been moved to the isolation centre and he is being taken care of. He just had a minor intermittent headache that has resulted when we started giving him treatment. So, no other symptoms.”

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