Osun state government has revealed that only one Coronavirus patient escaped from the isolation centre in the state, as against six persons reported to have allegedly escaped.
It was earlier reported that six Coronavirus patients allegedly escaped from isolation, stating that the report remained unconfirmed with no official statement from Osun state government.
The State’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, in a press statement in Osogbo on Saturday, said the report in the media that many of them escaped was false and should be disregarded.
In the official statement issued by Egbemode, only one person could not be accounted for after a headcount was conducted on Saturday morning.
A part of the statement reads;
Nothing can be further from the truth. As a government, we have not issued any statement to confirm or deny such story.
Recall that about a week ago, we received 127 returnees from Ivory Coast and we have kept them since then to avoid community transfer of the virus.
This morning we embarked on a headcount and found out that only one person could not be accounted for by officials stationed at the Isolation centre out of the 127 persons.
The State Government is currently investigating the matter and will ensure that the missing person is brought back to the Isolation centre and we will also ensure we trace all his contacts.
Egbemode implored members of the public to disregard the alarm being raised, as the state will “continue to do everything to protect the lives of our citizens in this fight against Coronavirus.”
