A runaway coronavirus patient from the Delta State Isolation and Treatment Centre has been intercepted by the Enugu State Rapid Response Task Force on COVID-19 and security agencies.
Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
Obi said the runaway COVID-19 patient was intercepted in the state on Monday.
He said the arrest followed the directive by the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, that the absconded patient be located and returned to the Delta isolation centre.
The commissioner said tracing of those who had contacts with the patient and the decontamination of the places the patient had been to while in Enugu, had begun.
“The ministry, therefore, reminds the good people of the state that in times like these, we owe a responsibility to each other to inform relevant authorities when we develop symptoms or know someone who may have symptoms or history of cross boundary travel into the state,” he said.
Enugu State has recorded a total of eight COVID-19 cases, with six active cases while two others had been successfully treated and discharged.
