By our reporter| Ekiti state government on Wednesday recorded its first death from COVID-19 related complications.
The state commissioner for health, Mojisola Yaya-Kolade who made the disclosure, said, the patient died at the intensive care unit of Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, around 6:58am on Wednesday.
According to her, the victim was a pregnant 29-year-old community health worker who was delivered of her baby some days ago.
The commissioner said, “The woman showed signs of stability on Monday but unfortunately her condition deteriorated yesterday and we lost her exactly 6:58am today (Wednesday).”
On whether her body will be released to the family, Yaya-Kolade said the state will take standard precautions and comply with the World Health Organisation’s safety rules on the burial.
“We are going to liaise with the family on her burial. We are going to consider safety despite that there was the assumption that the virus is not active in corpse because we don’t know much about the virus.”
“But whatever we are going to do won’t be against the interest of the family. But let me assure you that the state will also be on the side of safety.”
The commissioner further stated that the hospital where the patient died had been de-contaminated by the government, and that all the 78 persons who had contacts with the deceased and the medical doctor, who was infected through her, had been traced and placed on isolation.
Leave a Reply