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The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Baba Tela has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus disease.
According to a statement by his media aide, Mukhtar Gidado, on Tuesday, Tela, who also is the chairman of the state task force on COVID-19 is now in isolation as samples of all his primary contacts have been taken by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for test.
“This is to inform the General public that His Excellency Sen. Baba Tela, Deputy Governor of Bauchi State who is also the Chairman, State Task Force on COVID-19 was confirmed positive of coronavirus,” Gidado stated.
“Consequently, His Excellency Sen. Baba Tela has gone into self-isolation in Bauchi and health professionals are properly managing his situation.
“Similarly, samples of all his primary contacts have been taken by the NCDC for test and they are advised to remain in isolation pending the outcome of their results.
“He has gone into self-isolation in Bauchi and health professionals are properly managing his situation.”
Similarly, two aides to Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu tested positive for the virus disease.
This is coming after Ikpeazu, following the confirmation of positive test results of a late commissioner’s family in the state, directed all those who might have recently come in contact with him to go into isolation and undergo COVID-19 test as a necessary protocol to prevent a further spread of the virus.
The governor however disclosed, in a statement on Tuesday, the test results of two of his aides came back positive while he and his family members tested negative for the virus.
He said: “Leading this battle from the front, as your Governor, I and all members of the first family subjected ourselves to COVID-19 tests on Saturday, May 30, 2020, and the results came out negative today. Unfortunately, the results of two of my aides, who also subjected themselves to COVID-19 tests were positive, while others turned in negative results.
“We are confident that within days, the currently asymptomatic positive patients who are now isolated will be successfully nursed back to good health, with God on our side”.
“The new phase of the fight against COVID-19 in Abia will require that the state embark on massive tests of citizens to achieve at least 10 percent coverage of our population at the initial stage of the exercise.
“To this end, the state epidemiologist has been directed to work out modalities for case searches, using sample population size of between 30 to 250 persons, in some densely populated Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
“Meanwhile, we cannot win and save lives, as long as we continue to stigmatize our patients. If any person contracts COVID-19, it will be saddening but it is neither criminal nor necessarily the person’s fault.
“Let me put it on record that statistics show that far more people recover from the virus than those who pass away from it.”
Ikpeazu also directed all Chairmen of the 17 Local Government Areas of the State, and their deputies to present themselves for COVID-19 test.
He urged all citizens and residents to eschew rumour mongering and get involved in the battle against COVID-19. “Take responsibility, because Abia is ready to win this battle with all hands on deck,” he appealed.
