‘84 contacts of Adamawa covid-19 index case being traced’

The Adamawa State Government on Thursday said it has started tracing 84 contacts of the state’s COVID-19 index case, a journalist, Kabir Awal.

This is just as Awal told reporters that he is optimistic that he would be discharged soon, saying he is already at the recovery stage.

According to state Chairman of COVID-19 Containment Committee, Bashiru Ahmad, 84 persons whom, the index case came in contacts with in Yola had been listed for tracing.

Bashiru stated this while speaking on an Africa Independent Television programme on Thursday.

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He said: “We have informed our colleagues in Kano that our index case in Yola is a returnee from Kano. But here in Yola our contact tracing mechanism started working. Our people have listed 84 persons the journalist had primary and secondary contacts with.”

He also explained that the contact tracing had led the surveillance team to a mosque and the correspondent chapel, adding that eight samples had so far been collected from his frontline contacts.

Awal, while expressing his belief that he would soon be discharged, said: “I didn’t expect my test result would be positive. But I am being told that I have also entered recovery and another test is to be conducted after that. I am optimistic the results will be negative. They have yet to administer any drugs except for the food and fruits.”

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