Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital says it has recorded its first case of confirmed COVID-19 disease on Saturday, 23rd May, 2020.
The University’s Authorities said this followed the release of the result by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, adding that the patient was quickly moved from the hospital’s Isolation Ward to the Anambra State Treatment Centre, last night, for care and treatment.
It informed that the patient, a male trader resident in Onitsha, was admitted into isolation ward following proper triage on presentation on 20th May.
According to the report, Specimen for test was taken the following day and sent to Irrua, and that all necessary precautions were taken as all who attended to him used PPEs, while the hospital’s management promised to remain vigilant.
