Nigerian Doctor Contracts COVID-19 From Pregnant Woman

Nigerian Doctor Contracts COVID 19 From Pregnant Woman In Ekiti State

The government of Ekiti state has identified the 4th case of coronavirus in the state as a medical doctor.

The state reveals today that the medical doctor was working at a private clinic before contracting the virus while treating the third index case, a 29-year old pregnant woman.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, who made these known to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, said only one doctor tested positive, with 15 others turning out negative among the samples taken to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

“We have one doctor who tested positive and he is being treated at the isolation centre, but others were negative,” he said.