COVID-19: Ugwuanyi orders investigation into ‘Jigawa case link to Enugu’

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has  ordered a thorough investigation into  the controversial reports linking Jigawa index case to Enugu State.
Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ik E. Obi, made this known  in a statement in Enugu.
It  reads, “the report of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in Jigawa State, with alleged travel history from Enugu State is currently being actively investigated.”
Initial reports alleged that  one of the cases had a travel history with Enugu, it was later debunked by both the NCDC and Kano state Ministry of Health.
The  report said,   “going by the facts and measures in place in the fight against COVID-19 and records by both the the NCDC and the kano State Health Ministry the index case in Jigawa State does not have any link of travel with Enugu state as being falsely claimed .“
“Let it be known that the reported index case who is an indigene of Jigawa State was intercepted at the Kano State border by her health workers quarantined and tested positive before being transferred to his home state jigawa and never had a travel history to Enugu state in the recent .
“Indeed the post clearly stated he is an indigene of the state. It is unfortunate how Enugu State is being mentioned.”But Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has refused to let the claims go unattended to insisting that the situation is such that the state cannot afford to relax.
The governor hence,  directed the state Ministry of health and the COVID-19 team in the state to follow up on the allegation.