Kwara State confirms two coronavirus cases

The Kwara State Government has confirmed two cases of coronavirus in the state, with one of the infected persons said to be wife of a patient, a London returnee identified as Alhaji Obanimomo who died last Thursday, while the other patient  is also a returnee..

Penpushing reports that, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, made this known in a statement on Monday, adding that the government received official confirmation of test results from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Test Centre in Ibadan,”.

The spokesman of the Technical Committee on coronavirus, said the government will address a press conference on Tuesday to give details and announce further measures to tackle the disease in the state.

“This statement is issued at 18:33pm, a few minutes after the government received official confirmation of test results from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Test Centre in Ibadan,” he said.

Penpushing also reports that, the state government had earlier debunked the discovery of a coronavirus patient in the state last week, while the  management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), where the man was admitted, accused a Professor of medicine of concealing vital information on the suspected  patient who died at the hospital last week.

The hospital claimed that the suspected case had been on self-isolation on arrival in Ilorin prior to his presentation at the Accident and Emergency unit of the hospital “on the advice of the Professor who brought him.”