Two coronavirus cases has been recorded in Abia state. A statement by the Commissioner for Information in the state, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, on Monday stated that result came from the National Centre for Disease Control.
He however added that the result of one Prosper Vincent, who arrested and isolated in the state came back negative. The statement read in part, “We have received the report of two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Abia State this evening from NCDC. Both patients are advanced in age but currently stable at an isolation center in our state.
“On the direction of the Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, we have deployed our ventilators to the isolation center in readiness for their use if eventually required to nurse them back to good health. “Contact tracing has commenced in earnest and our rapid response team is currently moving to bring in those who may have had contact with the two index cases.”
Source: Punch
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