First Case of Covid-19 in Rivers State: A Case Report on the Public Health Response

Five days later arrival in Nigeria, a 19-period-old female model named all Health Emergency Operation Centre with illnesses of fever, cough, angry throat, communicable disease, take by force and without permission, and diarrhea. A nasopharyngeal clean Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) confirmed the disease of COVID-19 on the 26th of March 2020 making her the very first coronavirus (COVID-19) case in Rivers State. Following the diagnosis, the case was transported to the situation center. Contact tracing of all attainable contacts was conducted; individual hundred and five contacts were located and requested to self-detach for fourteen days. The patient had a relatively gentle illness; she was discussed and discharged home later two weeks when she had two ensuing negative PCR results.

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