COVID-19: How Neighbours Alerted Osun Govt To Kano Returnee Who Tested Positive

The Osun State Commissioner for Health, Rafiu Isamotu, has said the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) case recorded in the state on Friday had “sneaked in” from Kano State.

Isamotu disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, adding that the new case brings the total number of active cases in Osun to three.

He said a tip from neighbours had help the COVID-19 task force in the state to discover the new case.

“The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case came back positive on Friday out of the 14 samples we sent for testing at the NCDC accredited Testing Centre; the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede during the week. The case sneaked into the State from Kano State and the neighbours immediately alerted our COVID-19 team.

“Presently, we have 3 active cases in the State. The good news is that the new case on arrival self isolated although wasn’t showing any symptoms of the Virus,” he said.

Isamotu urged Osun citizens to stop accommodating people in their homes, “no matter who they are and stop inviting your family and friends to return to the State at this time as this might be dangerous.”

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Friday confirmed 386 new cases of the virus in 20 states, including the Federal Capital Territory.

The new cases bring to total 3,912 confirmed infections in the country. The NCDC said 679 cases had been discharged while total fatalities stood at 117.