Members of Ondo State Task Force on COVID-19 have arrested a coronavirus patient at the popular Oja- Oba in the heart of Akure.
The woman was picked up from where she was selling second hand wears popularly called TOKUNBO at the market.
The state Commissioner for health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro confirmed this to reporters
He said the latest patient, a female was originally diagnosed for the virus in far away Imo state but escaped to Ondo state without receiving treatment. According to him, contact tracing of the patient’s family, friends and neighbours had begun.
He urged all who had transacted business with the woman to report for diagnosis.
He explained that both Imo and Ondo government thereafter mounted surveillance on her and she eventually picked up
Coronavirus cases in Ondo state today hit 41
