NCDC confirms Daily Trust’s exclusive on Borno’s coronavirus index case

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed an exclusive report by Daily Trust Online, on the reported case of COVID-19 in Maiduguri, Borno state. Daily Trust Online, had exclusively reported the index case in Borno state – a retired anesthetic nurse working with an international organisation in Pulka town of Gwoza LGA who died […]

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed an exclusive report by Daily Trust Online, on the reported case of COVID-19 in Maiduguri, Borno state.

Daily Trust Online, had exclusively reported the index case in Borno state – a retired anesthetic nurse working with an international organisation in Pulka town of Gwoza LGA who died of COVID-19 related symptoms.

The centre in its COVID-19 case update on Sunday, reported that Borno has recorded an index case for the virus.

The Deputy Governor of the state, who is the chairman of the Task Force, Hon. Usman Khadafu, during an interview, had said that the state has sent the result of the test to NCDC and will allow the centre to make the announcement.

A relative of the deceased told our correspondent that the late nurse’s house was fumigated.

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A medical doctor at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH also confirmed that a sample was taken from the deceased and the result came out positive for coronavirus.

There are fears that other health workers may have been exposed to the virus.

The nurse was said to have had contact with workers both within and outside the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).

“He was brought in from Pulka to UMTH by two nurses who are also now at risk,” the source disclosed.

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A member of the Task Force on COVID-19 in Borno also confirmed the development.

A source from one of the international medical organisations in Borno also confirmed the report.

Meanwhile NCDC on Sunday reported 86 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 627.

The cases were reported in Lagos, Abuja (FCT), Katsina, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Jigawa and Borno.

Lagos recorded 70 cases while FCT reported 7 cases. Katsina and Akwa Ibom confirmed three cases each, Bauchi recorded one. Jigawa and Borno recorded index case each.

A total of 170 people  have been treated and discharged. Twenty-one people have died from the virus.

Lagos remains the state with the highest number of infections, 376 as at Sunday evening.