Coronavirus: Adamawa records second COVID-19 case

- Adamawa state has recorded its second case of COVID-19

- The second person is a medical doctor from in Mubi, in the northern part of the state

- Governor Fintiri expressed worry that the state may have entered the community transmission stage as the doctor has had contacts with many people in the course of discharging his duties

Adamawa state has recorded a second COVID-19 case, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has announced in a broadcast on Tuesday, April 28.

According to him, the second person is a medical doctor from in Mubi, in the northern part of the state.

The Nation reports that Governor Fintiri said out of the eight samples the state had pending at the NCDC Referral Lab in Abuja, one turned out positive, six are negative and one is still pending.

“With this, I regret to announce that we now have 2 COVID-19 Confirmed Cases in Adamawa state.

“What is striking about this case is the fact that it is not linked to the index case. Last week, we sent 8 samples to Abuja. 5 were direct contacts of the index case as traced; while 3 were new suspicious cases who were showing symptoms.

“Having an additional case in the state is truly worrisome. More disturbing is the fact that the victim is a medical doctor in one of our hospitals in Mubi, who must have had contact with many people in the course of discharging his duties lawfully," the Adamawa governor said.

He said the situation called for that task of tracing those who have had contact with the doctor, expressing worry that the state "may be sliding into the most dangerous phase of the pandemic, which is community transmission of the virus."

Adamawa's index case is a returnee from Kano.

Governor Fintiri called for more caution by way of stricter adherence to safety regulations and obedience to lockdown restrictions.

He assured the people that his government would continue to be its best in addressing the situation and urged them to hope for the best and not to despair.

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Meanwhile, Nasarawa state has also joined the list of the Nigerian states with confirmed cases of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic.

The state's director of public health, Dr Ibrahim Adamu, confirmed that the result of one of the people in isolation has been returned positive.

Legit.ng notes that despite Nasarawa state’s proximity to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which has recorded over 157 COVID-19 cases of the pandemic, the state until this development was yet to record any case.

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