Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya -Kolade , said on Monday that two children were among the four persons who tested positive for COVID - 19 in the state at the weekend.
They are among the four contacts of the 45 -year - old medical doctor who contracted the disease from a patient , who is now dead , that he conducted surgery on.
Yaya -Kolade , who spoke in Ado Ekiti while giving an update on COVID -19 situation in the state , said, “ In the four new cases , there are two children of ages 10 and nine who must have contracted it through the 45 -year old doctor, who was the only active case in the state before the new cases .
“ They are all in the state isolation centre. They are responding , doing well , stable and in high spirit. ”
The commissioner said the state government had started tracing their 58 contacts , adding , “ Samples have been taken and results are being awaited while the contacts tracing also continues. ”
She allayed fears of community transmission of COVID -19 , saying , “ We know where the contacts are from .”
Source: Punch Newspaper