Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, on Tuesday said that two of his aides have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Mr Ikpeazu said this in a statement signed by him.
“Leading this battle from the front as your Governor, I and all members of the first family subjected ourselves to COVID-19 tests on Saturday, 30th May 2020 and the results came out negative today.
“Unfortunately, results of two of my aides, who also subjected themselves to COVID-19 tests, were positive while others turned in negative results,” he said.
Ikpeazu said that those that tested positive were admitted to the state’s isolation facility and he was confident that they would be successfully nursed back to good health.
Ikpeazu said that the government had plans to start massive testing exercise of the people to stop further spread of Coronavirus in Abia.
He said that “the new phase of the fight against COVID-19 in Abia will require the state to embark on massive test of citizens to achieve at least 10 per cent coverage of the population at the initial stage of the exercise.
“The state epidemiologist has been directed to work out modalities for case searches using sample population size of between 30 persons to 250 persons, in some densely populated local government areas of the state.”
He urged residents to desist from stigmatising the families of COVID-19 patients and persons that had recovered from the disease.
He added that collective responsibility was the best weapon against COVID-19 spread.
