The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Betta Edu, on Friday said a sample of a suspected COVID-19 case in the state had been sent to the Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo State for analysis.
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Betta Edu, on Friday said a sample of a suspectedcase in the state had been sent to the Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo State for analysis.
Cross River State is one of the two states in Nigeria yet to record COVID-19 cases. The other is Kogi State. “We have sent samples to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control laboratory in Irrua, Edo State and the result is not yet back,” she said.However, a source at UCTH who pleaded anonymity said a nurse working in the hospital presented symptoms of COVID-19 on Wednesday in the Accident and Emergency Unit.
“The patient died on Wednesday night, May 20, although her sample result is yet to be ready,” the source said.
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