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Akwa Ibom State Government has discharged five more COVID-19 cases with only one positive patient remaining in the state.

Updating the press on the situation of the pandemic in the state, the Commissioner for Health and state COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, said the discharge followed two negative test results recorded by the patients as required by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Dr. Ukpong, who had briefed the press last week on the receipt of five results of the thirty samples sent to the NCDC for testing, announced the receipt of full result with only one testing positive.

He however solicited the anonymity of the discharged patients to be maintained as demanded by them.
In his words, “following the last 30 cases that we sent for test, the final results came out yesterday and I’m glad to inform you that out of the lot, only one case came positive the rest were negative. So what we have done today is to discharge those patients that we were testing for the last time and we have just discharged them. Many of them, essentially all of them will like to be anonymous.

“ I don’t want to publish their photographs, we don’t want to give their names, but they have just been discharged,” Ukpong stated.

The Health Commissioner affirmed Akwa Ibom State has so far tested over a hundred persons, out of which it has recorded only sixteen positives.

Two of these, he confirmed, died while thirteen of the remaining positive cases have all recovered, leaving only one positive case.

“So far we have tested over a hundred patients and we’ve only got sixteen that were positive. Two left us, they came in very bad condition as you know. We’ve told you this before. That left us with fourteen. The fourteen positive have all been converted to negative except one. That is the new case that is there with us. So we are blessed by these results and I’m happy to announce”.

He noted that COVID-19 is not a death sentence and that the government is doing a lot to make sure that nobody dies, thereby enhancing the confidence of the people and encourage healthy interaction with the state COVID-19 situation room and emergency response system.

Dr. Ukpong lauded the commitment of the State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel for ensuring that the State COVID-19 Management team has all that is required to combat the contagion in the state.

He also thanked the state-based Respiratory Health expert, Professor Etete Peters, the Chief Medical Director of Ibom Multi-Speciality Hospital, Professor Emmanuel Ekanem and the entire Incident Management team for their dedication to service of the state.

Ukpong urged the media to disregard the speculation that 50 medical workers are awaiting testing at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital.

He described the report as baseless rumour, maintaining that the one that was actually profiled and met the criteria for testing was taken into isolation and was among last discharged.


Source; https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/akwa-ibom-discharges-five-more-covid-19-patients.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true

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That's a good development. Let the government check the boarders well so that any infected person will not go into the state. God bless Akwa Ibom State.

Ekemeze:
There was no virus in my dear state!

just like Cross and Kogi state, there was no case in 80% of the states in Nigeria. They just wanted the money from FG.

Do you have any proof