Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has said the fifth COVID-19 case in the state contracted the virus from the third case in an isolation centre.
Umahi announced the development in a phone call to the situation room on the state’s broadcast stations while confirming two new cases of COVID-19 in the state.
The governor said the fourth case returned from Lagos with the virus while the fifth case got the virus from the third case at Pa Oruta Ngele Stadium in Abakaliki.
Umahi said, ”The fifth case is a 24-year-old woman, a hair dresser from Awgu in Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area. She resides at Number 30 Queens Close, Okpara Avenue in Enugu.
He added, ”The fourth case is a 26-year-old man who lives in Ojo, Lagos. He left Lagos on April 26 and entered Ebonyi through Nkalagu boundary. From there, he took a bus to Ezzamgbo junction. Thereafter, he entered a bus to Ede Ishieke in Ebonyi Local Government Area,”
He disclosed that the fifth case returned from Uburu with her family from Enugu where she resides but was brought to the holding area in Abakaliki in line with the state government’s directive, adding that her family members all tested negative.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ebonyi has 5 active cases as at Sunday, May 3, 2020.