BY LEVI JOHNSON
Rotimi Akeredolu, the government of Ondo State on Friday disclosed that the State has recorded its index case of coronavirus (COVID-19).
The governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, announced this on Friday via his verified Twitter handle.
Through his twitter handle, he revealed that the state government received the report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) about the first coronavirus positive case.
Akeredolu explained that the infected case has since been placed under isolation and would be monitored.
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He urged the residents of the state to stay calm, adding that the government has put necessary measures in place to identify all the contacts of the patient.
”Ondo State is working closely with the NCDC and the infected person is in a stable condition,” he said.
✔@RotimiAkeredolu tweet: ” We have just received confirmation of our first positive #COVIDー19 case in Ondo State this evening.
