Akwa Ibom takes 25 people into isolation after contact with Hotelier’s wife
By Grace Udoh
About 25 persons yesterday in Eket , Akwa ibom state were taken to isolation by the State government after allegedly coming in contact with Mrs. Umoh Enoh.
Mrs. Umoh Enoh,is the wife of owner of Popular Royalty hotels in Eket . Upon her return from a trip to London with supossedly symptoms of Covid-19 , she proceeded to Ibom Specialist Hospital (IHS) Uyo after being to some private hospitals.
She demanded at IHS that her samples be taken but the medical personnel in charge allegedly refused. Mrs Umoh then called the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Ebonyi State to take her samples.
Meanwhile she returned to Eket and even though still feeling the symptoms, hosted a party where some people attended after which her result came back to be very likely positive.
The people who had come in contact with her are now being traced by the government and 25persons have been apprehended and taken to isolation yesterday.
Further contact tracing will be done to apprehend others who might have also being in contact with her.