Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Frank Okiye, has
tested positive for Coronavirus.
This was announced by the Edo State Government on Wednesday,
saying that Okiye was the index case of coronavirus in the State, which was
announced by the NCDC on Tuesday.
The State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, disclosed this
while updating journalists after the meeting of the technical committee set up
to monitor the spread of the disease.
“The index case of coronavirus in Edo State, is the Speaker
of Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Frank Okiye. He travelled to United
Kingdom, he came back and went into self-isolation. He sent his sample for
testing and it came out positive.
“He is in stable condition. His family members have also
been tested and the tests came out negative,” he said.
The Deputy Governor further explained that Okiye prepared
his isolation centre even before his return from UK and embarked on
self-isolation immediately he arrived his country home in Uromi.
“The interesting thing about it is that, since when he
entered Nigeria, he avoided everybody and he has been putting on face mask, he
avoided touching his own vehicle and he went straight into self-isolation.
“In fact, he prepared his isolation centre before he
returned from London, he asked his wife to prepare a room for him where he was
going to isolate. He actually avoided everybody. The only two persons he had
direct contact with were his wife and daughter and they have been tested and
fortunately, they tested negative,” he added.
The Deputy Governor assured that the State government has
taken adequate steps to curtail the spread of COVI-19 in the State.
“The state government has bought 40 drums of hand sanitizers
and will be distributed across local government areas, palaces and other public
centres.
He said: “We will maintain that gatherings of persons above
20 is restricted. Markets remain closed, except for those selling essential
commodities such as food and medicine.
“We have instructed security agencies to monitor compliance
with this order. This order is for our public safety. Local government chairmen
have also been directed to also enforce such compliance in their respective
areas.”
Commenting on Governor Godwin Obaseki’s self-isolation, the
Deputy Governor said all contacts were being tracked.
“Since the Governor came back from Abuja, on his own, he has
avoided direct contact with others and he has maintained social distance, he
has refused to shake hands with people, even before the issue of contact with
the Chief of Staff who tested positive came out. Since the Governor returned
from Abuja, he has refused to shake hands with any of us. But, one or two
persons that he had close contact with have also been tracked,” he said.
Shaibu disclosed that about 64 percent of the 111 persons
being tracked have been contacted, six of them already isolated while five have
sent samples for testing.
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