The Adamawa state Government has refuted receiving 42 Coronavirus patients from Gombe state government. It was reported by an online news outlet on Saturday that 42 Coronavirus patients were conveyed to Adamawa from Gombe State.
But on Sunday, Mr Basheer Ahmed, the Secretary to the Adamawa State Government, while reacting to the development, described the reports as “untrue”.
Ahmed, who is the Adamawa Chairman of Coronavirus Containment Committee, told journalists that the state received only 38 travellers from Gombe.
He revealed that the samples of the travellers were sent to Abuja laboratory for test and results of 29 came back as negative.
“It is incorrect to say 42 COVID-19 patients of Adamawa origin were handed over to Adamawa government from Gombe state.
“During lockdown the governors had agreed on interstate travel ban and all persons travelling to a state are to be quarantined and observed for 14 days.
“And based on this protocol, Gombe state had actually handed over 38 of such travellers of Adamawa origin to us,” Ahmed said.
He also disclosed that based on the advice of World Health Organisation technical partners, the remaining nine travellers were advised to go on self-isolation for 14 days.
