A lady who tested positive for coronavirus In Ebonyi State has been discharged after testing negative after treatment.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Daniel Umezuruike, who stated that the patient was treated by the state team of doctors, noted that the lady tested negative for the virus after she was confirmed positive 14 days ago.
Umezuruike made this known during a broadcast at the coronavirus treatment centre in Abakaliki, the state capital, on Friday.
“We are here at the treatment centre to discharge one of our patients who tested negative after being confirmed 14 days ago for COVID-19. We thank God for this success story. We thank the governor for all his efforts, wisdom and commitment in fighting this pandemic since inception.
“I also want to use this opportunity to thank the frontline health workers who have come out to confront this pandemic. As we are discharging this young lady, we are congratulating her too because out of the nine cases that we have so far registered in Ebonyi State, she is the first person that tested negative.
“She wasn’t the first person to come but she was the first to be negative. So, we congratulate her. We have told her that as she is discharged today, she is free.”
YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
Buy and read digital replicas of your TRIBUNE titles by subscribing through E-VENDING
COVID-19: We Don’t Know Whereabouts Of Chinese Doctors ― PTF • Don’t ask me where they are ― Health Minister
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Thursday, said that it is not aware of the whereabouts of the Chinese doctors and health professionals who were brought to Nigeria some weeks ago to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic… Read full story
Amid Uproar, Lagos Backtracks, Says Dubai Returnee Didn’t Die Of COVID-19
Lagos State government on Thursday night retracted its earlier claim that one of the returnees from Dubai, died of COVID-19. Other returnees, quarantined at an isolation centre in Lekki, had protested in a viral video clip, disproving the earlier official position… Read full story
No Conclusion Yet On ‘Strange’ Deaths In Kano
The Federal Government says there are no conclusions yet with regard to ‘strange’ deaths in Kano State. The Minister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19… Read full story
In the course of preliminary investigations, the police obtained samples of the suspected food, which…
Comprehensive abortion care, which includes safe abortion care and post-abortive care, is an essential part…
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has rejected the House of Representatives’…
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has warned Turkish Airlines against victimising staff…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has raised concerns over increasing bird strike incidents at…
Recently, one of Nigeria’s fledgling airlines, ValueJet, announced that it would open a Lagos to…
This website uses cookies.