COVID-19: Ebonyi tracing 2,240 contacts
The Ebonyi state government says it is tracing contacts of 2,240 persons, who may have come in contact with coronavirus patients.
This was revealed by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Orji Uchenna Orji, while briefing newsmen in Abakaliki.
He said while the number for contact tracing was 2,240, the number of samples so far tested are 1,472.
The commissioner further added that 206 new cases of intercepted returnees was recorded across the 39 holding centres, just as the state government has scheduled them for COVID-19 protocols.
He revealed that the Unity Square Isolation Centre is filled up, hence the government has selected Elu-nwovu General Hospital, Abakaliki, as a treatment centre.
“The executive council approved N80 million for the renovation and equipping of the Elu-nwovu General Hospital, which has been selected to serve as COVID-19 treatment centre, and further set up a committee to ensure that the project is completed within 10 days.
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“Government has commenced the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives to the benefitting groups in the state, including Ebonyi citizens in Abuja and Lagos.
“Polling unit compilation of list of beneficiaries of the palliatives across the state was comprehensively rounded- off without any political consideration, and distribution shall soon commence at the various polling units.
“Council also approved increased testing protocols and feeding of the returnees kept at each of the 39 holding centres of the state,” he revealed.
