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Second COVID-19 Patient Discharged in Enugu

Oleh Step Hen - April 16, 2020

The Enugu State Ministry of Health has discharged the second patient from Treatment and Isolation for COVID 19.

Recall that the NCDC had announced 2 cases of COVID 19 in Enugu who were in Isolation and receiving care. Yesterday, the Enugu State Ministry of Health announced that one patient had been discharged.
Two of them are now Negative for the Corona virus and have been discharged.

We encourage our people to continue to stay home, try not to touch your face without having washed your hands, maintain strict hand and respiratory hygiene, wear a facemask in line with the NCDC's advisory and maintain physical distancing. Ndi Enugu, if you need health assistance

the numbers to call remain 08182555550 or 09022333833, or the NCDC number 080097000010. Enugu State is in the Hands of God.

Assc. Prof. Ik. E. Obi
Hon. Commissioner for Health.
Enugu State.

Enugu State is in the hands of God!

35 New Cases Of COVID-19 Reported, Total 442, 152 Discharged,13 deaths

Oleh Step Hen - April 16, 2020

Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported[/b] as follows:

19 in Lagos
9 in FCT
5 in Kano
2 in Oyo

As at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths

As at 10:20 pm 16th April, number of states with confirmed cases of COVID-19 + FCT
Lagos- 251
FCT- 67
Kano- 21
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 13
Ogun- 9
Katsina- 7
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Kwara- 4
Delta- 4
Ondo- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1

Lagos Creates 20 Centers for Testing Corona Virus, FCT Combs Resident Houses

Oleh Step Hen - April 16, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said 20 centres would be created in Lagos State for collection of samples from people suspected to have contracted COVID-19.

The NCDC Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who disclosed this at a press conference of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the samples would be taken to the molecular laboratories in Lagos for testing.

Ihekweazu also said door-to-door collection of samples would soon begin in Abuja. He added that Nigeria had increased her testing capacity to 3,000

At the press conference, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, disclosed that the ministry had expanded its case definition for COVID-19.

The NCDC had, on Tuesday, said the problem the country was facing was not the inadequacy of molecular laboratories, but how adequate samples would get to the labs for testing.

It said the 12 molecular laboratories in the country, which it put their capacity at 1,500 on Tuesday, were not conducting enough tests.

At the PTF press conference on Wednesday, Ihekweazu said part of the measures to contain the spread of the virus was adoption of a change in strategy after more testing laboratories had been established.

Samples of people with acute respiratory infection, high fever to be taken

He said, [b]“We are trying to change our strategy now and test more people. The testing laboratories have increased, but the bottleneck now is getting samples from the right people.

“We are setting up 20 health care facilities in Lagos to collect samples from people that think they have acute respiratory infections and high fever. We are intensifying our surveillance in health, so hospitals around Lagos and the FCT (Federal Capital Territory) can collect samples from people with high respiratory infections.

“In certain Abuja communities, we are going from door to door to collect samples from people that have acute respiratory infections. We are doing the same in Lagos. In these two places, Lagos and the FCT, where there is high incidence of the infection, we are now going to the patients to collect samples.

“Core centres have improved dramatically and we are urging the people that think they have acute respiratory infections to call us. Go to one of these 20 centres (in Lagos). Don’t go to any other centre. Lagos State will announce them as they are set up and make them accessible to everyone.

“We have the capacity right now to test 3,000 per day, but that capacity is not being fully utilised. That is why we focus on Lagos and the FCT.”[/b]

Health workers, senior citizens to be prioritised

The NCDC boss added that with a shortage of personal protective equipment around the world, Nigeria would give priority to health workers at isolation centres and laboratories, as well as senior citizens on the use of face masks.

He said, “It (use of masks) has been a controversial topic, but it does not have to be. The number of cases from over the world has risen to over two million with over 100,000 deaths of a disease that none of us knows about. The scale of the disease outbreak and response has to radically increase and the aspect of mask is one of them.

“On the other hand, there is a reality that we face. There is a chronic global shortage of personal protective equipment, including masks, around the world. The world was not prepared for a pandemic of this scale. We have to prioritise certain part of our population.

“Fifty per cent of the world masks are produced by China that has been locked down for months. They are now restarting their production and thankfully, some of those things are coming out.”

He said countries that produced medical materials, including masks, had banned their exportation because they too needed them.

170 COVID-19 Alerts Received in Sokoto, Searches for Lagos and Abuja Returnees

Oleh Step Hen - April 16, 2020

The Sokoto State Covid-19 Rapid Response Team on Wednesday said it has received 170 alerts which it was investigating. The team leader, Dr. Ali Inname, revealed this to Daily Trust in a phone interview.

Inname, who is the Commissioner of Health, added that 18 cases had so far been tested negative. He said that the state would embark on house-to-house search of Lagos and Abuja returnees.

This, he said, is to ensure all returnees are tracked down, isolated and tested for coronavirus. The measures is to forestall the outbreak of the disease in the state, according to him. Lagos and Abuja combine to make more that half of the cases recorded so far in the country.

COVID-19: 34 New Cases Confirmed. Total Now 407, 128 Discharged, 12 Deaths

Oleh Step Hen - April 16, 2020

Thirty-four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:

18 Lagos
12 in Kano
2 in Katsina
1 in Delta
1 in Niger

As at 11:20 pm 15th April there are 407 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths

6 Covid-19 Patients Discharged in Osun

Oleh Step Hen - April 15, 2020

Another good news from our Isolation Centre, as 6 more COVID-19 patients have tested negative twice, in line with @NCDCgov protocol. The patients who are among the 127 Ivory Coast returnees have been discharged to join their families.

This brings to 17, the number of cases that have tested negative twice & have been discharged after treatment in our State. The remaining 2 patients at our facility are responding to treatment & it is our hope they will recover soon & be released to reconnect with their families.

Once again, I thank the people of Osun for your cooperation &sacrifice during this challenging period. I also appreciate all our health workers who have been working so hard to ensure we're all safe. You're our heroes&we can't appreciate your sacrifices enough. God bless you all.

Enugu Discharges One COVID-19 Patient

Oleh Step Hen - April 15, 2020

The Enugu State Ministry of Health has discharged one patient from Treatment and Isolation for COVID 19.

Recall that the NCDC had announced 2 cases of COVID 19 in Enugu that have been in Isolation and receiving care.
One of them is now Negative for the Corona virus and has been discharged. The other person is stable and responding very well to treatment.
We encourage all persons to continue to stay home, maintain hand and respiratory hygiene, wear a facemask in line with the NCDC's advisory and maintain physical distancing.
Thank You.

Assc. Prof. Ik. E. Obi
Hon. Commissioner for Health.
Enugu State.

3 More COVID-19 Patients Discharged in FCT

Oleh Step Hen - April 15, 2020

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has announced the discharge of three people who had been on treatment for Covid-19 at different Isolation Centres in Abuja.

Dear FCT residents,

I am glad to announce that additional three (3) #COVID19 patients have been discharged from the isolation and treatment centre in the FCT after they tested negative.

The total number of discharged patients in the FCT is now 23 as at 7:30pm, April 15th, 2020

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Second COVID-19 Patient Discharged in Enugu

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Second COVID-19 Patient Discharged in Enugu

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