Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, says the state has discharged one of its early coronavirus cases after testing negative twice to the virus.
Mr Oyetola spoke on Sunday during an update on COVID-19 management in the state.
He said the release of the patient was in line with the prescribed protocol of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
He said some of the 127 returnees from Ivory Coast in the state, when profiled, turned out to be indigenes and residents of Oyo, Lagos, Ogun, Imo, Edo, Delta and Abia States.
He said, “Of the 127 isolated and tested returnees, 17 tested positive for coronavirus while 110 returned negative. Of the 17, we also have persons from other states.
“As we had earlier indicated in a press release, all the returnees who tested positive are intact at our facility and are undergoing adequate and proper treatment at our care centre and are all stable.
“The 110 whose results came back negative have been released to join their families. Among them are: 11 to Oyo State, two are going to Lagos State, One to Ogun State, three each to Edo and Abia states, four to Delta State and one to Imo State while 85 will remain here in Osun.
“They have been advised to observe all the prescribed safety and preventive measures and to call our helplines if they start to feel unwell.”
Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, announced the discharge of five more patients of COVID-19 made up of two males and three females including a 10-year-old girl from the state’s Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
The governor who announced this on social media said the patients were discharged after testing negative twice to COVID-19.
“These 5 patients have been discharged to reunite with their families. This brings to a total of 29, the number of patients who have fully recovered and have been discharged from our facility at Yaba,” he said.
