“His sample was collected and sent for testing.”
The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, said in a statement in Osogbo that the new case was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control .
The commissioner said the doctor, who suspected that he had been infected with the virus, on arrival checked into the state’s Isolation and Treatment Centre at Asubiaro in Osogbo. According to Isamotu, the new case brings to four the number of active cases in the state as at today , May 11, 2020.
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