Two coronavirus patients have recovered in Kwara State and have been discharged after testing negative to the virus twice.
They were discharged alongside five members of their families who were also at the state’s isolation centre and have equally twice tested negative, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq told reporters on Thursday.
AbdulRazaq reiterated that testing positive for the virus was not a crime as anyone could contract it. He warned against stigmatisation of COVID-19 patients or their families.
“I’m glad to announce to you that we are discharging a total of seven persons from our isolation facility,” he said.
“Among these are our first two (index) cases (a male and a female) who have twice tested negative for COVID-19.
“The remaining five are members of their families who were on quarantine and have also twice tested negative to the virus.
“With the exit of the seven persons, we have 11 persons left in the facility. Two of these 11 are COVID-19 patients while the remaining nine are people with varying contacts with them.
“We commend our health workers for their professionalism and commitment. We assure them of our support now and always. We are working out incentives for every health worker at this facility to deepen their confidence in the system that we will always look after them.”
AbdulRazaq, who had a brief off-camera discussion with the former patients after they consented to such, commended them for cooperating with the government.
As of Thursday morning, Kwara has just two cases while test results are awaited for 43 samples.
Kwara has run a total of 85 tests – out of which four returned positive.
