The Enugu State Government on Tuesday said a COVID-19 patient, who escaped from Delta State Isolation and Treatment Centre was intercepted in the state and had been returned to Delta.
A statement from the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Media, Louis Amoke, said following the development, the state COVID-19 taskforce had commenced contact tracing and decontamination immediately.
“For record purposes, total cases ever detected in Enugu State remains eight, with six active cases receiving treatment,” he said.
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