FMC Abeokuta confirms 2 COVID-19 cases

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Authorities of the Federal Medical Centre Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have confirmed the record of two Coronavirus cases in the Centre.

Three suspected cases were being managed at the Accident and Emergency Complex of the Centre within last week.

However, two of the patients tested positive while one was negative. One of the patients who tested positive was a pregnant woman who passed on on Friday. Her result returned positive on Saturday.

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Her corpse was released to her husband after careful counseling and due adherence to the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on such a matter.

The second patient is a young man who has been transferred to an isolation centre in the state. He is clinically stable.

Both patients were managed in the Accident and Emergency Complex.

They were suspected cases right from onset and hence were isolated from other patients and staff throughout their stay in the unit.