The COVID-19 team of the Ondo State Government has arrested a patient in Oja Oba Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital on Sunday.
The patient was said to have escaped from an isolation centre in Imo State and ran to Ondo before she was caught.According to the commissioner, the female patient was “originally diagnosed for the virus in far away Imo State but escaped to Ondo state without receiving treatment.
Adegbenro also stated that contact tracing of the patient’s family, friends, and neighbours had begun.Adegbenro appealed to the residents of Ondo State to stay at home unless it was absolutely necessary for them to go out, noting that community transmission of the coronavirus had become a reality in the state.
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