Two coronavirus patients abscond in Bornu state
Two patients of coronavirus, comprising of a man and woman are now on the run having tested positive for coronavirus in Layin tanki suburbs in Gwange II ward and Shuwari ward of Bornu State
Penpushing reports that the commissioner of health in the State, Salisu Kwayabura, disclosed this information to journalists at the daily briefing of the Committee on coronavirus, identified the runaway patients as Abbas Kaka Hassan,(24) and Hauwa Mohammed(42)
“Two patients, Abbas Kaka Hassan, a 24-year-old male and Hauwa Mohammed, 42-year-old female, are on the run after testing positive to COVID-19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in the metropolis.”
“When samples of patients with contacts to index cases are collected, they are normally advised to go on self-isolation. They give their contacts so they can be reached when the results are out. This is the standard medical procedure’.
‘You can’t detain someone with suspected contact. We do not have the lawful powers to do that. Other patients were also allowed to leave but they came into isolation centres and we have 19 of them in two isolation centres. However, the young man in question chose to go into hiding”
Penpushing further reports that, the commissioner called on anyone who tests positive for the disease not to regard it as a death sentence as the majority of those who test positive have recovered from it.
