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Borno ‘intercepts’ fleeing Coronavirus patient

Borno State Commissioner for Health, Salisu Kwaya Bura, has confirmed that Abbas Kaka Hassan, a 24 year-old male, who tested positive for Coronavirus has been found in Mauduguri, the state capital, around 2:00am, on Monday.

The patient who was tested at UMTH’s COVID-19 laboratory was declared at large yesterday, after his phones and that of his mother were off.

According to the commissioner, a combined team of health surveillance and investigation team, backed by a detachment of police, traced the patient in a critical state at his family house in Gwange II and was immediately moved on stretcher and is now on ventilator at an isolation centre.

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Dr. Salisu Kwayabura said Health workers are doing everything humanly possible to revive the patient while a contact tracing and surveillance team has been deployed to identify persons who may have had direct and indirect contacts with him for risks assessment, isolation advice and collection of samples for tests.

Commissioner for Health in the state then assured of their commitment to ensure the safety of Borno citizens.

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