By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado Ekiti
The pregnant 29-year-old Community Health worker, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday is gradually stabilising and responding to treatment at the Ekiti isolation centre.
Ekiti Health Commissioner, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, stated this on Monday in Ado-Ekiti while addressing newsmen on the situation of coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Governor Kayode Fayemi, while confirming the index case on Saturday, said the woman sneaked in from Lagos and went into coma after being operated upon at a private clinic during labour.
But Yaya-Kolade said the patient is gradually coming out of coma and responding positively to treatment.
“The news of the third case was broken by Mr. Governor on Saturday. She went into Coma before being referred to a teaching hospital. I want to tell you that she is improving.
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“As of now, she is stabilising and responding to treatment”.
Yaya-Kolade said about 73 people that had contacts with the patient had been identified through aggressive contact tracing.
“Out of the 73, we have traced 70 of them and they are being monitored. We have advised them to be in self- isolation for 14 days while the secondary contacts are being traced with the aid of our district surveillance officers.
“Some of the suspects who didn’t have homes to perform the self- isolation were being provided with accommodations by government”.
The Commissioner added that 42 blood samples had been taken to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and 39 had been done with no confirmed result as of now.
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