Borno Missing COVID-19 Patient Found Sick At Home-Gov Zulum

Two patients who were declared missing after testing positive to COVID-19 in Borno State have been found.

This was disclosed by the state governor Babagana Zulum on Monday via his official Twitter handle.

The Borno State government had earlier on Sunday announced that two patients – Abbas Kaka Hassan (a 24-year-old male) and Hauwa Mohammed (42-year-old female) were on the run after testing positive to COVID-19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) in Borno State.

According to Zulum a health surveillance and investigation team, backed by police escort, traced the male patient and found him in a critical state at his family house while the female patient reported herself.

However the governor said Mohammed, after reporting herself to the UMTH, received apologies from the laboratory officials and Borno’s commissioner of health.

He added that contact tracing and surveillance team has been deployed to identify persons who may have had direct and indirect contacts with him, for risks assessment, isolation advise and collection of samples for tests.