The ministry of health has debunked contents of a memo from
the National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, alerting
workers of an outbreak of a new variant of COVID-19.
The memo titled ‘FYI: COVID is on the prowl again, caution,
please’ said the “new wave of COVID-19 is more deadly than the first”.
“With the new variant, BA.4 and BA.5 COVID delta, there is
no cough, no fever. It’s a lot of joint pain, headache, neck and upper back
pain, general weakness, loss of appetite and pneumonia,” the notice reads.
“Sore throat that resembles strep throat, and of course,
more virulent and with a higher mortality rate. It takes less time to go to
extremes. Sometimes without symptoms.
“This means that the
virus spreads and spreads directly to the lungs, causing acute respiratory
stress caused by viral pneumonia. This explains why it has become sharp, more
virulent and deadly. Please, be extremely careful.
“Do not keep this information to yourself; share it as much
as you can, especially with your friends.”
However, a statement issued on Friday by Patricia
Deworitshe, spokesperson of the minister of health, said the information
contained in the memo was a fabrication.
Deworitshe said Tunji Alausa, minister of state for health
and social welfare, met with the management of the Fistula Centre over the
purported memo.
“The information from the purported internal memo emanating
from National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki, in which the Head of
Clinical Services warned the staff to take caution as the Covid-19 was on the
prowl again, cannot be sustained and therefore not true,” the statement reads.
“The public should be informed that no new Covid-19 case or
infection has been detected in our Centre. No new Covid-19 patient has been
presented or diagnosed in our Centre for the past one year.
“There is no rise in Covid-19 cases in Abakaliki or in
Ebonyi State in general.
“The information
contained in the said internal memo was a product of unverified and
unsubstantiated flying news from social media.
“The general public is therefore advised to disregard the
memo and its content.
“It is only the Nigerian Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) that is statutorily empowered to release information on such matters as Covid-19.”
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