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2 Covid19 Patients Abscond From Isolation Centre In Oyo State

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The Governor of Oyo state Engr.



Seyi Makinde has today confirmed through his twitter handle during his task force update briefing that two out of the active 33 covid19 patients in the state have absconded from the isolation centre and presumably return to their residence.

The governor statement reads in part " We have received more results from pending COVID-19 confirmation tests. The result of one suspected case came back POSITIVE, on 03/05/2020. The person is based in Ibadan.

The results of five suspected cases came back POSITIVE on 04/05/2020. Four of these five cases are immigrants and the last person is an Oyo State resident

The results of five suspected cases came back POSITIVE on 05/05/2020. Four of these five cases are travellers from the Northern part of Nigeria and the last one is an Oyo State resident.

Of the 33 active cases being managed by the state, two have absconded, possibly to their permanent places of residence. This brings the number of active cases in Oyo State to 31.

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Ten cases are self-isolating while twenty-one cases are being managed in the isolation centres in Oyo State; one at the University College Hospital, Ibadan & twenty in Olodo. Nineteen of these twenty cases at Olodo are asymptomatic & the last person has anosmia (loss of smell)

A total of 975 samples have so far, been collected and are being processed." The Governor writes

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