Akwa Ibom state government, at the weekend , announced the discharge of two of the 29 persons undergoing treatment for the dreaded COVID-19 from its medical facilities.According to him, those discharged have been certified negative by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, bringing to 16, the total number of those treated and discharged of the viral infection since the first set of cases were recorded on April 1, 2020.
“Yesterday, you saw the magnificent 300 – bed facility that the Governor put up at Ituk Mbang, and I told people that it is going to compliment the services provided in the earlier facilities provided at IkotHe noted that the activities of persons who sneaked into the state under the guises of bringing in livestock and other food items probably accounted for the huge figures recorded in the last few days.
He said that the governor had swiftly responded with a ban on movements of livestock into the state, as well as the installation of surveillance cameras at entry points into the state.