COVID-19: Enugu confirms new positive case
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, said this in a statement issued in Enugu.He explained that the index case had a travel history.
“The case reportedly developed symptoms on Tuesday, April 21, and reported to a frontline health centre in the state on Saturday, April 25.“A vigilant health care worker, operating on a high index of suspicion, contacted the Enugu State COVID-19 Rapid Response Team, and this case was brought in for sample collection on Monday, April 27,” he said.
He said that the patient had been admitted into one of the treatment and isolation centres in the state while contacts were being identified and line-listed for samples to be taken for testing.
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