The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr.
Dayo Adeyanju, made the disclosure on
Wednesday in an interview with reporters
in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Dr. Adeyanju said the confirmed case,
which occurred in Owo, was identified at
the Federal Medical Centre located in the
town and had been referred to the General
Hospital Irrua in Edo State for treatment.
He added that the samples of the tests
conducted on the two suspected cases
have also been sent to the hospital.
The Commissioner disclosed further that
health officers were keeping tab on five
contacts of the patients, in order to curtail
the spread of the disease that have also
been detected in some other states in
Nigeria.
He informed reporters that emergency
operation centres and surveillance
operations across the state have been very
active.
Adeyanju noted that widespread
sensitisation programmes were ongoing,
assuring the residents of the state that
there was no cause for alarm.
Dayo Adeyanju, made the disclosure on
Wednesday in an interview with reporters
in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Dr. Adeyanju said the confirmed case,
which occurred in Owo, was identified at
the Federal Medical Centre located in the
town and had been referred to the General
Hospital Irrua in Edo State for treatment.
He added that the samples of the tests
conducted on the two suspected cases
have also been sent to the hospital.
The Commissioner disclosed further that
health officers were keeping tab on five
contacts of the patients, in order to curtail
the spread of the disease that have also
been detected in some other states in
Nigeria.
He informed reporters that emergency
operation centres and surveillance
operations across the state have been very
active.
Adeyanju noted that widespread
sensitisation programmes were ongoing,
assuring the residents of the state that
there was no cause for alarm.
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