Ondo Govt arrests COVID-19 Patient at Popular Akure Market

The Ondo state government task force on covid-19 has arested a trader carrying the infectious disease at the popular ‘Oja-oba’ market in Akure, the state capital city.

The latest arrest makes a total of 41 cases of the global Pandemic in the state.

The state Commissioner for health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro who confirmed this while speaking with journalists said the latest patient, a female was originally diagnosed for the virus in far away Imo state but escaped to Ondo state without receiving treatment.

Adegbenro explained that both Imo and Ondo government thereafter mounted surveillance on her and she was eventually nabbed from where she was selling second hand wares popularly called TOKUNBO at the market

He hinted that contact tracing of the patient’s family, friends and neighbours had begun and urged all who had transacted business with the woman to report for diagnosis.

Dr Adegbenro appealed to residents of Ondo state to stay at home unless if it was absolutely necessary for them to go out, adding that community transmission of the coronavirus had become a reality in the state.