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Six covid-19 patients escape from Osun Isolation Centre
Emerging reports on Saturday, said six patients within the Isolation centre set up in Osun State to care for victims of the deadly covid-19 virus have ran away from the place.
Reports from Ejigbo, Osun State, indicate that six persons, who have tested positive for COVID-19, have escaped from the isolation centre in the town on Friday night.
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The six persons are said to have been part of the 127 that returned from Ivory Coast last week.
The returnees were quarantined on the order of the state government, while about 20 of them have tested positive.
The development was confirmed by an official of the state government on Saturday morning.
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