“The second new case is the 62-year-old mother-in-law of Case 16, who has become a positive contact.”
Enugu State government has said that evading or assisting anyone to evade the inter-state movement restriction, is unlawful and contributing to the rising number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state.
State Commissioner for health, Dr Ikechukwu Obi, while given an update on the 2 more COVID-19 confirmed positive cases in the state announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , said that they were indigenes of the state who sneaked in from Lagos despite the restriction in movement order. “The second new case is the 62-year-old mother-in-law of Case 16, who has become a positive contact. Case 16 as earlier reported, evaded the inter-state boundary restriction, all the way from Lagos State and across several other states , to bury her recently deceased husband in their community in Igbo-Etiti Council of Enugu State”.
“It is in our best interest to continue to comply with the directives of the Federal and Enugu State governments and the public health advisory of the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, and the Enugu State Ministry of Health.
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