TheCable

The Ekiti government has identified the fourth case of COVID-19 in the state as a medical doctor.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had announced Ekiti has one of the states that recorded a case of COVID-19 on Monday.

Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, commissioner for health, said the doctor was working with a private clinic before contracting the virus while treating the third index case, a 29-year old pregnant woman.

Yaya-Kolade said only one doctor tested positive, with 15 others turning out negative among the samples taken to the NCDC.

“We have one doctor who tested positive and he is being treated at the isolation centre, but others were negative,” she said.

Reacting to the development, the Nigerian Medical Association(NMA) in the state called for adequate protection for medical workers through the provision of life insurance and other measures.

The association, however, expressed happiness over the news that 15 other doctors working with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, tested negative.

Tunji Omotayo, chairman of NMA in the state, said there was a need for government to boost the welfare of health workers working on the frontline in the fight against the virus.

The state has four confirmed cases of COVID-19 while two patients have been discharged.