No New Cases of COVID-19 – Cross River Govt

The Cross River State government has described the claims of 10 new cases of COVID-19 as false and misleading.

Making the clarification on Thursday on Channels Television’s interview programme, ‘The Morning Brief’, the Cross River State Commissioner of Health, Henry Ayuk, made it clear that only one person has been diagnosed with the disease in the state.

“I want to use this opportunity to tell Nigerians that the information that has gone around that 10 more cases have been identified in Cross River is not correct; we have only one case,” Ayuk emphasized.

According to him the misinformation may have come from reports that 10 contacts had been identified and enjoined the public to disregard the rumours of other confirmed cases.

Recall, the virus was confirmed in a Chinese man who arrived in Nigeria from China on March 17 and flew to Calabar for his work before he tested positive for the virus on April 17 after showing symptoms.

Meanwhile, the commissioner has announced that the man is responding well to treatment and that those who were in contact with the patient are under observation.

“He was treated locally in their facility; he wasn’t improving and was referred to the teaching hospital here in Calabar,” Ayuk said.

“He is currently being kept and managed effectively at the isolation centre in Calabar. He is doing well, and he is getting better on a daily basis,” he said.

“People who have a close relationship with him have been listed, and we are monitoring them closely for at least 14 days,” the commissioner stated.