Update: Kaduna Absconded COVID-19 Patients Apprehended

The two Coronavirus patients who fled their homes in Kaduna state shortly after they were notified of their test results, have been apprehended by security operatives.

Ekohotblog reported earlier that Kaduna state’s Commissioner of Health Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni said the two patients who have been on isolation pending receipts of their test results, have been incommunicado since being informed that they had tested positive and would be moved to the KDSG isolation centre for treatment.

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Governor Nasir El-Rufai who served an update on the search for the Coronavirus patients, said they’ve been tracked and now at an isolation centre in the state.

He tweeted;

UPDATE: Security agencies have successfully tracked the two Covid-19 positive persons who fled their homes shortly after they were notified of their test results. Commissioner of Health Dr @AMBaloni has confirmed that both of them are now at the isolation centre.