The authorities of the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta have confirmed the death of a COVID-19 pregnant woman in its centre on Friday.
The management also said it had shut down the Accident and Emergency Complex of the centre where the case died.
The Head, Public Relations of the FMC, Abeokuta, Segun Orisajo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said, “Three suspected cases were being managed at the Accident and Emergency Complex of the Centre within last week. “However, two of the patients tested positive while one was negative. One of the patients who tested positive was a pregnant woman who passed on on Friday. Her result returned positive on Saturday.”While allaying fears, the hospital spokesperson said there was no cause for alarm over the state of health of their workers who attended to the patients.
He said, “Apart from shutting down the Accident and Emergency Unit, the hospital ambulances, ambulance bay are being decontaminated.”
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