Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi says the state has discharged majority of the suspected COVID-19 cases in the state after they tested negative.
Mr Umahi made the disclosure on Wednesday during a statewide broadcast.
He said 55 returnees from other states were currently being quarantined at the state’s main centre in Abakaliki with 37 of them awaiting results of their tests.in the state is a three-year-old child.The governor described the situation as ‘sympathetic’, adding that the government was currently grappling with ways of managing the victim’s sibling.“The child is still being breastfed and doctors have appealed to her parents to isolate her so that she does not get infected.
“I want doctors to make inquiries on what to do on the matter and we will do it even by force,” the governor said. “The problem is that when you give to one area, others will request for theirs but we can only release palliatives to our people in Lagos and Abuja presently.
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