The Enugu State Government has confirmed that two new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the state, bringing the total number of cases to 18. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu on Sunday. Obi said that the first new case was a 45-year-old man who came
The Enugu State Government has confirmed that two new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the state, bringing the total number of cases to 18.Obi said that the first new case was a 45-year-old man who came into Enugu on May 21 from Lagos while the second was a 62-year-old mother-in-law of case 16 who had become a positive contact.
”The first new case is a 45-year-old male who hails from Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State and lives in Lagos State but still managed to make his way to Enugu State on the 21st of May, 2020 in spite of restrictions on inter-state movement. According to him, evading or assisting anyone to evade the inter-state movement restriction was unlawful and of no benefit while also contributing to the rising number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state.
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