A 9-year-old has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Enugu State, bringing the total to nine.
Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday to confirm the figure announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday night. Obi said the child was the contact of the fourth case reported in Enugu who had travel history.
“The total number of cases ever reported in Enugu now rises to nine with seven active cases,” he said.
He said the patient had been admitted into one of the state’s isolation and treatment centres.
The commissioner said further contacts were being identified and line-listed while necessary samples would be taken for testing.
Obi, who added that decontamination of the patient’s home had been promptly carried out, urged residents of the state to stay at home and only go out when absolutely necessary.
In other news, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that atleast 190,000 people in Africa could die of Coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic if containment of the disease fails.