Akwa Ibom has recorded its first 5 new cases of Covid-19 and Nigerians are hailing Editi Effiòng for calling the attention of NCDC to some possible cases in the state.
On the 28th of March, 2020, Editi Effiòng called on NCDC to carry out tests for some individuals who are sick and he believes they have been exposed to an American doctor who possibly had COVID-19 in Akwa Ibom.
He wrote on his page;
'Dear @NCDCgov, I beg of you, I have personally identified 15 potentially exposed people in Akwa Ibom. We need to test. People are sick!
We suspect they had contact with US doctors who visited for medical outreach and say about 800 patients.
Most affected are local medics.
On Monday the 30th of March, 2020, he further revealed that test samples have been taken from some of the people he identified.
He wrote;
'I can confirm the first set of test samples has been collected in Uyo. Grateful for everyone who worked to make this happen. cc
@NCDCgov
The latest update at 8 pm on Wednesday, April 1st, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, revealed that 5 new cases of the COVID-19 has been identified in Akwa Ibom making the number of infected individuals in the country 174.
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