The Osun Government on Saturday confirmed that some coronavirus positive patients escaped from the state’s isolation centre.
Ismail Omipidan, the chief press secretary to the governor, in a statement did not specify the number of escapees but stated that a headcount will be done to know the true situation of things at the isolation centre.
Omipidan said: “I can’t confirm the report that some persons have escaped from the isolation centre. We are about doing a headcount. I spoke with the commissioner for information on this issue.”
“There are currently 20 coronavirus cases in Osun and 18 of this figure are from the 127 returnees from Ivory Coast.
“They claimed they were from Osun and when His Excellency, Gov Oyetola, got that information, he reached out to his Ogun state counterpart to provide security for the returnees to get here and the Ogun state government graciously did that.
“However, when the returnees got here and we profiled them, we discovered that not all of them are from Osun. Some are from Kwara, Oyo, Ekiti, Edo and Anambra.
“We decided to keep them in our holding facility here in Osun in good faith. Those with the disease could transmit it if they are allowed to go to their various states, that’s why we made sure that they did not leave.”
On the condition of the isolation centre, Omipidan said: “The hospital where they are kept is newly built. It’s a new facility.”
