Ekiti’s second COVID-19 case discharged

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, Friday announced that the second COVID-19 case in the state had tested negative for the virus and discharged from the isolation centre.

The patient, a 23-year-old man who was said to have contracted the disease as a result of the nature of his job which had to do with visiting the airport, was in self-isolation for a while but moved to the quanratine centre located within the premises of Oba Adejugbe general hospital in Ado Ekiti.

Fayemi made the disclosure on his Twitter handle, on Friday, revealing the second test performed on the patient was negative.

He tweeted: “Our second COVID-19 patient tested negative the second time and was discharged from our Infectious Disease Hospital today.

“While thanking our team for a job well done, the job is not finished. Stay home, save lives.”, he advised.

The governor stated in his tweets that the Ekiti CoviD 19 Response Committee held its inaugural meeting yesterday and made several concrete steps.

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“Our father, the Grand Patron, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) set the ball rolling with N100m donation and 800 bags of rice to the Food Bank. We are grateful”.

It would be recalled that Governor Fayemi had last week appointed Babalola, former Governors Segun Oni and Ayodele Fayose and 44 others as members of the committee.

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