Governor Dave Umahi has confirmed the fourth and fifth positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ebonyi state.
Umahi disclosed while giving an update on the state’s COVID-19 situation that one of the new cases came from Lagos, Nigeria’s epicenter of coronavirus.
He said: “The fourth case is a twenty-two-year-old man, he lives in Ojo in Lagos state. Just as it is with the third case, he left Lagos on April 26 and entered Ebonyi through the Nkalagu border, and from there, he entered a bus to Ezzamgbo junction.
“Thereafter, he entered another car from Ezzamgbo junction in Ohaukwu local government area to Effium from where he entered a bike to Edeh in Ishieke, Ebonyi LGA, where he was intercepted by security men and brought to the stadium on April 27.
“And by the directive of government, a sample was taken from him and he tested positive.
The governor also spoke about the second case, saying “The fifth case is a 24-year-old lady, a hairdresser from Ogwu in Umuobuna ward of Ohaozara LGA of the state. The lady resides at Number 30, Queens Close, Okpara Avenue, Enugu.
“She returned to Ebonyi with her family members on April 27 to Ogbu in Uburu and was picked from Uburu to the stadium. While at the stadium, she had contact with the third case, and this evening, her result came out and it tested positive.”
Umahi noted that the two positive cases had been taken from the stadium to the isolation/treatment Centre at the Unity Square, Abakaliki, and would remain there for the next 14 days.
