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  • BREAKING: Missing Osun coronavirus patient found

    BREAKING: Missing Osun coronavirus patient found

    By Damaris Onyendi – Calabar

    The missing COVID-19 patient from Osun State Isolation Centre in Ejigbo has been apprehended and returned to the centre.

     

    The patient, a woman, was apprehended in Ejigbo town and returned to the facility by the police on Saturday afternoon.

     

    Chief Press Secretary to Osun State Governor, Ismail Omipidan, confirmed the development to The PUNCH.

     

    He said that the patient had been apprehended and returned to the facility.

     

    Prior to this, the Osun State government debunked the information of 6 missing coronavirus patient, saying that a headcount was carried out as just 1 patient was found to be missing from the isolation centre.

  • 6 Coronovirus patients abscond from isolation centre in Osun State

    6 Coronovirus patients abscond from isolation centre in Osun State

    By Damaris Onyendi – Calabar

    Six  persons tested positive for coronavirus have escaped from their isolation centre in Osun state on Friday night, 3rd of April, 2020.

    The six patients according to Nigerian Tribune belong to a cluster of COVID-19 cases who recently returned to the state from Ivory Coast.

    Upon their return to Nigeria on Saturday, March 28, 2020, Osun state government immediately isolated the travellers at Gedu in Ejigbo.

    But six of them escaped from the isolation centre on Friday night.

    An official who spoke to Daily Trust said the state government has launched a manhunt for the patients.

    Below are the names of the six persons with their phone numbers and addresses, as sent to Pulse by a source.

    1. LAWAL Waliyulah, Masifa Ejigbo, 08063691573

    2. LASISI Murafat, Olugbodi’s compd Ejigbo, +22505368845. C/o Ganiyat Alabi, 08075441187

    3. Yusuff Afees, Ile Alawe, Ejigbo, 07011196193

    4. Isola Abibat, Ile Olori, Ejigbo, 08055905010

    5. Nua Oyeleye, Ile Jesu, Oguro Ejigbo, 08109375276

    6. Juel Olasupo, Ile Baale Ejigbo, 08149584397