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A missing COVID-19 patient who escaped Osun State Isolation Centre in Ejigbo has been apprehended and returned to the centre.
The patient, a woman, was apprehended in Ejigbo town and returned to the facility by the police on Saturday.
She had escaped from the isolation centre in the early hours of Saturday after she was allegedly instigated by some individuals that they were being manipulated by the state government.
However, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, Ismail Omipidan, confirmed that the woman was apprehended and returned to the facility. Adding that the government is investigating her movement around the community with a view to trace anyone who might have had contact with the patient.
He said: “It is true that a patient, a woman escaped from the isolation centre, but she has been apprehended and returned to the facility.
“Presently, we are investigating her movement to enable us initiate contact tracing with anyone she might have contacted to avoid community spread of the deadly pandemic.”
It should be recalled that some 127 returnees from Ivory Coast had been isolated after which 22 of them tested positive for coronavirus.
Reports followed that six of the patients escaped from the isolation centre in Osun State.
The state commissioner for information, Funke Egbemode however refuted the report, stating that a headcount was conducted on Saturday morning which revealed only one person could not be accounted for.
