By Emmanuel Awari-Jalingo
The patient who last week fled the isolation centre in Taraba State has been arrested and taking back to the Isolation Center where she and seven others are being treated.
The patient, Talatu
Idris was found within the isolation area.
State Commissioner for Health and Chairman of the state’s COVID-19 technical committee, Dr Innocent Vakkai disclosed while briefing newsmen in Jalingo.
He explained that contact tracing have commenced to curtail the spread of the virus in the state.
He said another round of test would on Wednesday be conducted for those who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 to know their current status.
He reminded Tarabans that Schools and Worship Centers are still closed.
”Our schools and worship centres remain closed while members of the public are urged to observe all precautionary measures outlined for safety during the two day window allowed for movement in the state.”
He disclosed that the state would not accomodate Almajiri from any state who have not been tested by officials of the state they are sent from, and has made wearing of face masks compulsory during the two days of Wenesdays and Saturdays, between 8am to 6 pm, window period allowed for human and vehicular movement.
It could be recalled that the State Task Force on COVID 19 pandemic on Sunday, discharge 124 persons earlier quarantine at the NYSC isolation Center.
Those released, mostly women and children, are among the 130 travelers intercepted by security personnel at the State’s borders penultimate week.
Commissioner of Health, Innocent Vakkai, who briefed reporters at the centre, said all the discharged persons tested negative.
Vakkai, accompanied by the Commissioner of Information Danjuma Adamu, officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and chairmen of local government councils, inspected a building at the Camp where 100 beds, to be supplied by Access Bank, are going to be kept to quarantine suspected cases.
The Commissioner said out of the 130 travelers quarantined, six tested positive and were moved to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jalingo, for treatment.
He added there were two other confirmed positive cases from Tella and Lau areas of the state taken to the FMC, Jalingo, for treatment.
It was gathered out of the eight cases, only one patient has shown serious symptoms of the disease.
Vakkai said among those discharged, nine persons are indigenes of Bauchi while the rest are citizens of Taraba who are not resident in the state.
The statistics of some of the discharged persons, according to their states or local government areas of origin, was given as: Lau: four, Karim-Lamido: five, Ardo-Kola: three, Bali: 19, Wukari: four, Ibi: one, Gassol: 42, Jalingo: two, Bali: 12, Bauchi: nine, Yobe: two and Benue: one.
“The people we are discharging today are among the 130 travelers who were intercepted by our security personnel at our borders. Among them, those who tested positive were moved to the FMC where they are being treated.
“Those who came from no high risk areas and tested negative were allowed to leave.
“But those coming from high risk states, even when they tested negative, we still quarantined them for 14 days,” the Health Commissioner said.
Chairmen of Seven Local Conuncils were at the Centre to ensure the discharged persons get to their destinations safely.
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