Osun govt finds suspected Coronavirus patient who ran away from isolation



Osun State Government on Saturday announced that it has found an undisclosed person who was said to have vanished from the Ejigbo isolation centre in the early hours of the day.

The Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor Gboyega Oyetola, Ismail Omipidan gave the update.

"The person has been found within Ejigbo and returned to the State isolation centre for the pandemic Coronavirus, what we are currently doing is contact tracing because we want to ensure that everyone is safe." Omipidan told our correspondent during a telephone chat.


Earlier, the state government raised an alarm thatan undisclosed person who is among the recent returnees from Cote d’ivoire suspected to a carrier of the pandemic Coronavirus has vanished from the Ejigbo isolation centre.

According to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, the government denied a rumour in the which stated that six out of the 127 returnees are on the run.

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