Ebonyi state Records First Case Of Coronavirus – As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across Nigeria and other parts of Africa, Ebonyi State on Sunday 26 April 2020 confirmed it’s first case of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Afriupdate reports that the State Governor chief Dave Nweze Umahi, revealed this on Sunday evening in a statement while addressing newsmen on the state government’s efforts toward handling recent developments.
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According to him, the patient is a 31- year old man from Ukawu in Onicha Local government area of the state.
“Today 26th of April 2020, unfortunately I wish to announce that Ebonyi State has recorded the first COVID-19 index case” said the Governor.
“the index case is a 31-year-old man from Ukawu in Onicha Local government area of the state, who runs a business with his higher purchased Sienna vehicle and carries food items to Ore in Ondo state”.
“He uses the vehicle to carry passengers back to the Southeast after selling his food items. He has made two turns this year, one on 29th of March and returned to Ebonyi on 1st of April 2020. And the second turn was on April 12th”. he added.
It would be recalled that the Governor had said earlier that he will not totally lockdown the state even as the cases of COVID-19 pandemic increased in the country.
Umahi, who made the declaration in Abakaliki, said he considered the economic peculiarities of the state in reaching the decision.
“I considered the state’s poverty index as those agitating that I close all markets have to re-evaluate their suggestions.
“We have not recorded any index case of COVID-19 and therefore, there is no need to entirely shut our economic activities,” he said in a statement by Mr Uchenna Orji, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation.
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