Close Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Politics
  • Column
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    • Photos
    • Fashion
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Life & Style
      • Crime
      • R&D Health
      • Diet and Fitness
      • Intimacy
  • Videos
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Trending
  • IPMAN South-West directs members to boycott Lekki-Epe corridor from Monday
  • Delegates disrupt APC North-East summit after Shettima’s exclusion in 2027 endorsement
  • Senate marks midterm, prioritises electoral reforms ahead of 2027
  • Ex-APC governorship aspirant raps Alia over Benue killings
  • Fidelity Bank ED, Kevin Ugwuoke takes over as President of Risk Managers Association
  • Ekiti 2026: NULGE national leadership rallies support for Governor Oyebanji’s re-election 
  • Pope Leo decries killing of 200 in Benue, prays for peace in Nigeria
  • Father’s Day: Cleric urges fathers to be good mentors
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
The Eagle OnlineThe Eagle Online
Banner
  • Home
  • News

    IPMAN South-West directs members to boycott Lekki-Epe corridor from Monday

    June 15, 2025

    Delegates disrupt APC North-East summit after Shettima’s exclusion in 2027 endorsement

    June 15, 2025

    Senate marks midterm, prioritises electoral reforms ahead of 2027

    June 15, 2025

    Ex-APC governorship aspirant raps Alia over Benue killings

    June 15, 2025

    Fidelity Bank ED, Kevin Ugwuoke takes over as President of Risk Managers Association

    June 15, 2025
  • Sport

    Nigeria’s Usman takes down Buckley in UFC main event

    June 15, 2025

    NPFL announces date for commencement of 2025/26 season

    June 14, 2025

    Okowa re-elected AFN President, states agenda

    June 13, 2025

    Kano Pillars FC Technical Adviser resigns

    June 13, 2025

    Eko International Cup: Remo Stars confirm readiness, plan big for pre-season tourney

    June 12, 2025
  • Politics

    Governor Sanwo-Olu mourns LCDA Chairman

    June 15, 2025

    Wike leads some G5 members on visit to Tinubu + Photo

    June 15, 2025

    June 12: Gani Adams calls for true federalism

    June 13, 2025

    Democracy: Nigeria needs total restructuring — Pat Utomi

    June 13, 2025

    Ohanaeze wants INEC Headquarters named after Nwosu

    June 13, 2025
  • Column

    The compelling courage of the Islamic Republic of Iran, by Femi Fani-Kayode

    June 15, 2025

    June 12 wounds and Nigeria’s search for closure, by Festus Adedayo

    June 15, 2025

    President Tinubu and June 12, by Tunde Rahman

    June 15, 2025

    The bones will rise again!, by Gabriel Agbo

    June 15, 2025

    Gaza: Just humanity, nothing religious, nothing ethnic, by Hassan Gimba

    June 15, 2025
  • Business

    Breaking: Dangote to distribute petrol, diesel free to big buyers nationwide 

    June 15, 2025

    Governor Sanwo-Olu congratulates Rabiu Olowo at 40

    June 14, 2025

    Chain Reactions Africa clinches top honours as Nigeria’s most awarded PR firm at SABRE Awards

    June 14, 2025

    Alleged $12m laundering: Bank MD, ED in court, sent to prison until bail conditions are met

    June 13, 2025

    NNPCL records N5.8b revenue, N748b PAT in April

    June 13, 2025
  • Entertainment
    1. Photos
    2. Fashion
    3. Movies
    4. Music
    5. Life & Style
      • Crime
      • R&D Health
      • Diet and Fitness
      • Intimacy
    Featured

    Tinubu pays tribute to Abdulsalami on 83rd birthday

    By Adeola BalogunJune 15, 2025 Life and Style 2 Mins Read
    Recent

    Tinubu pays tribute to Abdulsalami on 83rd birthday

    June 15, 2025

    Groom, friends killed in auto crash minutes before wedding

    June 15, 2025

    Visit Ekiti billboard cap gains Vice President Shettima’s attention

    June 13, 2025
  • Videos

    Video: 2027: Alliance to have Atiku as president for one term, Obi as VP, to then run for presidency in 2031

    April 12, 2025

    APC Crisis: Why Tinubu demanded for Sanwo-Olu’s resignation

    April 10, 2025

    How Driver Of Gas-Bearing Truck Brought Misery To Many Under Otedola Bridge – Dotun Oladipo

    March 15, 2025

    Korra Obidi calls out ex-husband for failing to pay child support

    December 7, 2023

    2024 will be year of turbulence -Apostle Selman

    December 7, 2023
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
The Eagle OnlineThe Eagle Online
Home»R&D Health»Oyo discharges 11 COVID-19 patients
R&D Health

Oyo discharges 11 COVID-19 patients

The Eagle OnlineBy The Eagle OnlineMay 15, 2020No Comments
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Tumblr Email
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

The Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19 on Friday recorded a major victory in its ongoing fight against the novel Coronavirus when it discharged 11 persons after they tested negative to COVID-19 twice.

A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, quoted a member of the Task Force and former Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Temitope Alonge, as saying that after the discharge of the 11 cases, the Centre now had 32 patients and that all but one were in stable condition.

The statement added that of the 11 persons discharged at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan, three were females and eight were males.

According to Alonge, eight of the discharged persons were Northerners who came from Sokoto axis.

He said: “We all must have behind our minds that this novel coronavirus, even though it belongs to a particular family, is not in any way similar to the HIV virus, meaning that it does not reside in you forever as it were.

“It has a span of time that it stays and your body’s immune system is built up enough to be able to get rid of it and you come back to normal.

“But, of course, if at the time you have a high load of the virus, you happen to have some other co-morbidities or you are under some treatment that reduces your immunity, then you can have a full flare.

“So, it is not like the HIV virus that you have to use medications to suppress or reduce their effects.

“When patients come down and they are tested as positive, it means the load of the virus is enough to make them feel sickly. When they are in isolation, what we do is to boost their immunity.

“There are so many regimens in the world that are being tried and used but here, our patients have stuck to a very simple regimen.

“They all have 500mg of azithromycin daily for three days.

“They also have zinc on a daily basis. 2gram of Vitamin C, Chloroquine 500mg and 250mg for another three days.

“We are privileged to have linked up with our colleagues in UCH, who have been exceptionally wonderful.

“So, we are not only looking at their symptoms, but also the viral load and their CT.

“But the value of the CT is also in correlation with the value of the viral load.

“The higher the viral load, the lower the CT value.”

The ex-CMD maintained that there were now 32 active patients at the Infectious Disease Centre, noting that all of them except one were in stable condition.

Alonge said: “We have 32 (patients).

“All of them are very stable.

“We only have one of them who has a comorbid issue and, as I speak, one of our senior consultants from the University College Hospital is attending to him.

“Also, another consultant in the Psychiatry Department will come and counsel this particular client on the use of medications because we found out that he was using too many medications that can be injurious to his health.

“Apart from that, everybody is fine. We even have a family here; father, mother, and children and they are doing exceptionally well.

“Eight of those cases discharged are the Northerners who came from the Sokoto axis.

“Since they are now negative, they want to go back to Sokoto.”

Speaking earlier, one of the discharged persons (names withheld), who spoke on behalf of the other patients, appreciated the state government, the governor and the medical personnel at the Centre.

She said: “On behalf of all of us here who are COVID-19 patients, we want to appreciate Governor Seyi Makinde.

“We pray that God will reward him.

“We experienced good care.

“They took us as their sisters and brothers.

“They did not stigmatise us.

“So, we really appreciate all the doctors and nurses.

“We really appreciate the Oyo State government.”

When asked what her experience was while in isolation, she maintained she and most of those in the Centre were asymptomatic, saying: “I did not show any symptoms.

“I just went for the test voluntarily.

“So, after nine days, they called me that the test came out positive and I was asked to come to the isolation centre to quarantine myself.

“The test was conducted on me on the 22nd of April at Etiosa Local Government, but I was already in Ibadan when they told me the result and I was asked to go into isolation in Ibadan because there was no isolation centre in Lagos again.”

Post Views: 82

Follow The Eagle Online Channel on WhatsApp

COVID-19 Infectious Disease Centre Seyi Makinde SOKOTO STATE Taiwo Adisa Temitope Alonge
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Telegram Email
Previous ArticleOyo honours deceased Commissioner, orders state flag to fly at half-mast
Next Article COVID-19: Ekiti raises N631m as Molecular lab arrives
The Eagle Online

Related Posts

Lagos alerts residents to be wary of flash floods, heavy rainfalls

June 14, 2025

Dabiri-Erewa hails diaspora Nigerian over donation of $1m hostel

June 13, 2025

Sahara Group’s ‘IGWE’ initiative harnesses gamification to rally sustainability

June 11, 2025
© 2025 All Rights Reserved. The Eagle Online.
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advert Rates
  • Submit News
  • Contact Us

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.