An 82-year-old woman in Osun state has recovered from
coronavirus.
Rafiu Isamotu, commissioner for health in the state, broke
the news on Friday evening.
Isamotu said the woman recovered after receiving nine-day
treatment at the isolation centre in Asubiaro, Osogbo, the state capital.
The commissioner said the Octogenerian recovered despite
being hypertensive.
He said she beat the odd of infected elderly people with
chronic diseases not surviving COVID-19.
He said the patient, who contracted the disease after coming
in contact with an infected person, showed no symptoms of the virus before her
sample was collected.
“The story of the 82-year-old widow who recovered from the
dreaded coronavirus provides a glimmer of hope, considering that she is a
hypertensive patient on medication,” he said.
“Although when she arrived at our Isolation centre on the
13th of May, she had no cough, difficulty in breathing, sore throat, fever or
anosmia associated with the virus except for diarrhoea and we successfully
treated her for it and she was stable all through the period of
hospitalisation.
“On her 9th day on admission, we carried out a follow-up
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on her and the result came back negative
and she was subsequently discharged on the 24th of May, 2020.
“Furthermore, a follow-up at her home after her discharge
revealed that she was stable.”
This is the second oldest survivor in Nigeria. Last month, a
98-year-old COVID-19 patient was discharged in Lagos.
Nigeria has a total of 8,915 COVID-19 cases. Out of which
2,592 have recovered and 259 have died.
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