COVID-19 scare in Cross River as Chinese national isolated at UCTH

The Cross River State Government has confirmed the isolation of a Chinese nationalist astatine the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital pursuing suspected COVID-19 infection.

Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Egbe Ayuk, disclosed this to journalists successful Calabar connected Tuesday, stating that the diligent is presently receiving attraction and nether adjacent aesculapian observation.

COVID-19 archetypal broke retired successful Nigeria successful February 2020, compelling the Federal Government to bid a lockdown successful the state arsenic did different countries successful bid to forestall movements, adjacent contacts and escalation of the spread.

Ayuk said the Chinese arrived Nigeria via Lagos connected March 17, 2026, earlier proceeding to Calabar en way to a mill located successful Akamkpa Local Government Area, wherever symptoms were archetypal detected astatine a clinic.

He noted that the lawsuit was promptly referred to UCTH, wherever isolation protocols were activated, portion the authorities instantly triggered its nationalist wellness effect mechanisms.

“We person activated each indispensable procedures, including interaction tracing and isolation, to forestall further spread,” Ayuk said, adding that officials are moving successful collaboration with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The commissioner assured residents that the concern is nether control, urging calm portion reiterating government’s committedness to containing immoderate imaginable outbreak.

Also confirming the development, the World Health ...