Clement Adeyi, Osogbo
Osun State Government has disclosed that a new case of coronavirus has been recorded in the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, who stated this on Monday in Osogbo, the state capital, quoted the
Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) as confirming the case.
Isamotu further disclosed that the new case was a Lagos-based medical doctor who came into Osun on Saturday to join his family.
This brings to four, the number of active cases of the pandemic in the state as at Monday, May 11, 2020.
The commissioner, however, noted that on arrival, the doctor suspected that he had been infected with the virus and checked himself into the State Isolation and Treatment Centre at Asubiaro, Osogbo, where his sample was immediately taken and sent for testing at the NCDC- accredited Testing Centre in Ede.
“The state yesterday recorded another case of the COVID-19. He is a medical doctor based in Lagos who came into the state on Saturday to be with his family and suspected he was having the virus on arrival and checked into our isolation centre at Asubiaro rather than going home. His sample was collected and sent for testing. His result came out on Sunday and turned positive,” Isamotu said.
“We are glad that he didn’t have contact with anyone but took the initiative to check himself into our isolation centre immediately he arrived Osun. That way, the virus was contained.”
The commissioner reminded residents to adhere strictly to the dusk-to-dawn (6am-5pm) curfew on Monday to Thursday and the total lockdown on Friday to Sunday put in place by the state government, saying that it was for the benefit of all.
“The cases recorded in the state recently were of those who came into the state and I want to appeal to our people to stop encouraging their relatives or friends to return to Osun as this might endanger the lives of our people,” the commissioner stressed.
“Let me also urge the residents to adhere strictly to the dusk to dawn curfew and lockdown measures put in place by the state government to contain the spread of the disease. This is for the benefit of all of us,” he noted.