Enugu confirms 4th Covid-19 infection

Enugu has confirmed a new infection of Covid-19 in the state, bringing its total to four on Friday evening.

Two of them—the index cases, a couple who returned from the UK—have been discharged from hospital after treatment.

Only two are still active.

The state health commissioner Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu said the new case is a 39-year-old man who used to live and work in Lagos, but recently travelled back to Enugu on the 22nd of April, took ill subsequently and reported to a mission Hospital in the state.

Staff of the hospital alerted the State COVID-19 response team days later and samples were taken on the 29th of April which have turned out to be positive .

This new case is not a contact of the third case.

Ikechukwu noted that  so far cases reported in Enugu have had positive travel history.

He advised the people to:

• Stay at home as much as you can.
• Use a clean cloth mask daily if you have to go out
• Do not touch the front of the mask while wearing it
• Remove your mask only from both ears at the same time
• Wash your cloth mask, dry and iron it everyday
• Maintain respiratory hygiene when you have to cough or sneeze
• Maintain social/physical distancing always
• Wash your hands as often as you can with soap and running water
• When you can’t wash your hands use an alcohol based hand sanitizer frequently.
• Call these numbers if you think you may have or know someone who may have Covid-19 symptoms, 08182555550 or 09022333833, or the NCDC number 080097000010.