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Coronavirus patient who escaped treatment arrested while selling okirika in Ondo market

Coronavirus patient who escaped treatment arrested while selling okirika in Ondo market

A female Coronavirus patient who escaped from getting treatment was
arrested on Saturday evening at the popular Oja-Oba market in Akure
while selling second-hand clothes popularly known as ‘okrika’.

The lady was diagnosed with the deadly disease in Imo State before
she travelled down to the Ondo State capital without submitting herself
for treatment.

The Independent reported that Ondo state Commissioner for Health, Dr.
Wahab Adegbenro said Imo and Ondo Governments mounted surveillance for
the patient upon discovering that she escaped.

Dr. Adegbenro said while the patient is being treated at the state
Infectious Disease Hospital, in Igbatoro road, Akure, contact tracing of
the patient’s family, friends, and neighbours had begun. Those who
transacted business with the woman have also been urged to report for
come in for testing.

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