18 Coronavirus Patients Refuses Treatment In Gombe State

Coronavirus COVID-19
The Gombe state government today announced that 18 patients who tested positive to the coronavirus are refusing treatment. Idris Mohammed, chairman of the state’s task force on coronavirus disclosed this on Monday and  said only 12 people could be accounted for out of the 30 patients, as 18 patients are seeking treatment outside the isolation centres.
18 Coronavirus Patients Refuse Treatment In Gombe State
18 Coronavirus Patients Refuse Treatment In Gombe State

“We have a total of 30 people yet to be evacuated in the state, out of the 30, five are Adamawa indigenes; we collected their samples and we gave them our epid numbers and they have since gone back to Adamawa State. But because of the epid numbers, they remain our cases on paper but in reality they are in Adamawa State. 

“Two others were traced to Kano State and we notified the state epidemiologist and they have been placed in isolation; one other to Ogun, the state epidemiologist was called and another one was traced to Nasarawa State, we called the state epidemiologist and the last one to Borno state and he has been evacuated by the state.

“Out of 20 people remaining, they are the ones we are having some challenges evacuating but we are making efforts. As of Sunday, we evacuated two. The good thing is that as most of them are trying not to come, so they are in self isolation, they don’t come out in the open but the traditional rulers and political leaders where they reside are working with the task force to ensure they are evacuated, treated and discharged lawfully.”
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