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Coronavirus: Ekiti isolation centre has one ventilator – Health Commissioner
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, on her part, said the state had only one ventilator in its isolation centre.
Yaya-Kolade, who disclosed this at a press conference in Ado Ekiti, said the state was awaiting the result of a test conducted on a 23-year-old male patient, who manifested some symptoms of the virus.
She said the second COVID-19 case in the state, a 42-year-old male patient who tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, had been admitted into the isolation centre while the environment team would be going to disinfect his premises as soon as possible.
The commissioner also stated, “We have only one ventilator at the isolation centre at Oba Adejugbe Hospital. However, we are making efforts to source for others to make it two.”
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