The Enugu State Ministry of Health has disclosed that the suspected patient of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state tested negative to the virus during an investigation.
Dr Ifeanyi Agujiobi, the permanent secretary of the state’s health ministry, signed a statement which stated that the ministry received the result of the investigation sent to Irua Specialist Hospital in Edo State. The result was further corroborated by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as “Negative”.
“We hereby enjoin the general public to go about their normal business, however, to remain alert and vigilant observing basic personal health hygiene,” the permanent secretary says.
The suspected case was a 70-year-old woman who had just returned to Nigeria after a five-month stay in the United Kingdom.
She was very stable in the isolation centre at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Park Lane where she is receiving the best available medical treatment.
Following the development, the state government has released N20 million to the management of the State Isolation Centre to ensure that facilities are optimally ready to deal with the situation and any other emergency that may arise in the near future.
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