COVID-19 patient who escaped from Delta isolation centre arrested in Enugu

The Enugu State Government on Tuesday said it has arrested a COVID-19 patient, who escaped from an isolation and treatment centre in Delta State.

According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Louis Amoke, the patient was intercepted in the state and had been returned to Delta.

Amoke further added that following the development, the state COVID-19 taskforce had commenced contact tracing and decontamination immediately.

“For record purposes, total cases ever detected in Enugu State remains eight, with six active cases receiving treatment,” he said.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Ikechukwu Obi, in another statement, reminded the people of the state that they owe it a duty to report to anybody that have symptoms of COVID-19 or had cross-boundary travel into the state to relevant authorities.

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“At a time like this, we owe a responsibility to each other, to inform relevant authorities when we develop symptoms or know someone who may have symptoms or history of cross-boundaries travel into the state,” he said.

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