Delta variant: Community transmission worsens, 10 states record over 100% rise in COVID-19 cases

States reopen treatment centres as cases rise

“We have been given instructions to open the isolation centres and before that was done, we sanitised the places. Right now, we have reopened the isolation centres in the state,” Addingi said. “We have 23 patients in all the isolation centres. The centres include the Infectious Disease Control Centre at Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area, Ibom Specialty Hospital, and 300-bed Isolation Centre at Ntuk Mbang in the Uruan Local Government Area,” he said.

“Patients who have a fever are being tested. Our testing figures have gone up, and once the testing figure goes up, there will be more positive cases. In the last four days, we tested close to 1,000 people per day.” The hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Prof Ahmed Ahidjo, while addressing journalists disclosed that the isolation centre was furnished with modern equipment including a dialysis machine and ventilators.

In Enugu State, only three isolation centres have been operational with six patients treated therein. The centres are the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, and Enugu State Diagnostic Centre. It was learnt that the treatment centre was running out of oxygen due to the rising cases of infection.

“The patients are local and many of them were referred from private hospitals. They may have been taken to a general hospital before they were referred to the isolation centre,” the source said.further gathered that the dearth of personal protective equipment at the centre was causing disquiet among health workers, many of whom had to double their face masks while attending to patients to reduce the risk of being infected by the virus.

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