JUST IN— ONE OF THE COVID-19 PATIENTS WHO FLEE IN BORNO STATE FOUND

Borno State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Salisu Kwayabura on Monday, confirmed the case of one of the two covid-19 patients who flee after testing positive. 

Dr Salisu, confirmed the news on Facebook on the State government's official page. 

He wrote:

“Abbas Kaka Hassan, a 24 year-old male, who tested positive for COVID-19 has been traced around 2am, in the early hours of today (Monday) in Maiduguri”.

“He was immediately moved on stretcher and is now on ventilator at an isolation centre,” 

“When samples of patients with contacts to index cases are collected, they are normally advised to go on self-isolation.

“They give their contacts so they can be reached when results are out. This is the standard medical procedure. You can’t detain someone with suspected contact.

“We do not have the lawful powers to do that. Other patients were also allowed to leave but they came into isolation centres and we have 19 of them in two isolation centres and they are doing well. This is the standard practice”