By Dennis Agbo
ENUGU State Commissioner for Health, Prof Ike Obi has clarified that the state government never declared any suspected carrier of Coronavirus wanted in the state.
The clarification came as rumour made the rounds in the state that some persons, whose telephone numbers were equally attached were declared wanted for having come in contact with an active Covid-19 patient.
Obi made the disclaimer, yesterday. when he commissioned 10 mechanised handwashing machines donated to the state isolation and strategic centres in the state by South Saharan Social Development Organization in conjunction with WaterAid.
Obi lamented that most times words are used inappropriately in the media, stressing that medical practitioners don’t declare patients wanted since they were not criminals.
“A patient cannot be declared wanted. That information has been made available to me and I can assure you that it is didn’t emanate from the state Ministry of health. So the information…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
