Nigerian newspapers · 8 June 2020
COVID-19 Patient Nabbed While Selling Wares in Ondo Market
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- Patient escaped to Ondo from Imo despite ban on interstate travel
The popular Oja Oba market, Akure, Ondo state, witnessed some drama over the weekend, as a lady allegedly diagnosed with COVID-19 in Imo state was found selling second-hand wares popularly called Tokunbo.
She was subsequently arrested by the state government task force on COVID-19. Speaking on the arrest, the Health Commissioner, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, said that the lady, after being diagnosed with the virus in lmo state escaped to Ondo State despite the interstate lockdown.
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Adegbenro explained that both Imo and Ondo governments mounted thorough surveillance on her and she was eventually located where she was selling second-hand wares at the Oja Oba market. The commissioner said that the contact tracing of the patient’s family, friends and neighbours had begun and urged all who had transacted business with the woman to report for diagnosis.
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He appealed to residents of Ondo state to stay at home unless they needed to go out noting that community transmission of the coronavirus had become a reality in the state. Meanwhile, over 160 persons, who might have come in contact with two new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state are currently being traced. The state has recorded four deaths and discharged 21 patients cases while eight patients are currently receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital.