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

Golden, Owhonda and Ihuoma, Des-Wosu and Chidinma, Eze-Emiri and Foster, Patrick and Ifeoma, Nwadito and Chike, Princewill and Utchay, Ndidi and Victor, Abiikor and Friday, Aaron and Godswill, Arugu and Maduka, Omosive and Adebiyi, Obelebara (2022) First Case of Covid-19 in Rivers State: A Case Report on the Public Health Response. Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports, 16 (10). pp. 41-46. ISSN 2582-3248

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.9734/ajarr/2022/v16i1030508

Abstract

Five days after arrival in Nigeria, a 19-year-old female model called the Public Health Emergency Operation Centre with complaints of fever, cough, sore throat, catarrh, sneezing, and diarrhea. A nasopharyngeal swab Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) confirmed the diagnosis 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 moved to the treatment center. Contact tracing of all possible contacts was conducted; one hundred and five contacts were located and asked to self-isolate for fourteen days. The patient had a relatively mild illness; she was treated and discharged home after two weeks when she had two consecutive negative PCR results.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Oalibrary Press > Multidisciplinary
Depositing User:	Managing Editor
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2023 09:00
Last Modified:	06 Jul 2024 06:22
URI:	http://asian.go4publish.com/id/eprint/1171

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