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Ekiti govt traces contacts of 3rd COVID-19 case

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Kayode Fayem

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, said Monday 70 out of the 73 contacts of the state’s third COVID-19 case had been traced.

Yaya-Kolade told journalists in Ado Ekiti that the people were identified through an aggressive contact-tracing carried out by the state government.

She said: “Out of the 73 people, we have traced 70 of them and they are currently being monitored.

“We have advised them to be in self-isolation for 14 days, while the secondary contacts are being traced with the aid of our district surveillance officers.

“Some of the people who do not have homes to perform self-isolation have been given accommodations by the government.”

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The commissioner said 42 blood samples had been taken to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), adding that 39 of them had been done without any confirmed case.

According to Yahaya-Kolade, the 29-year-old pregnant woman, who tested positive for COVID- 19 on April 17, was gradually stabilising and responding to treatment.

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