A pregnant health worker has tested positive for COVID-19 in Ekiti State, becoming the third case.
Governor Kayode Fayemi made this known in an address on Saturday.
He narrated that the pregnant woman delivered safely without announcing the status of the child.
“Sadly, Ekiti State has confirmed a third #COVID-19 positive case. This new case is a pregnant 29-year-old female Community Health Worker in Ikorodu, Lagos State who sneaked into Ekiti State overnight on Friday, April 10, 2020 suspectedly to take advantage of our free maternal health care in spite of the lockdown.
“She presented at a State Comprehensive Primary Healthcare facility in active labour on Monday April 13, 2020. After prolonged labour with fatal distress, she was referred to a teaching hospital but decided to go to a private hospital instead. A caesarean section was performed on the patient and the baby was delivered safely.
“However, she suffered a cardiac arrest and was referred to the Federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti, where she is currently unconscious. The suspicion of #COVID-19 infection and subsequent testing was at the Federal Tertiary institution.”
The governor explained that the baby is being monitored, adding that the private facility where she initially attempted to deliver had been sealed.
“The Ekiti State #COVID19 Taskforce has already commenced contact tracing of the new case as at this morning, we have over 30 primary contacts on our list already.
“The baby is alive and under surveillance while the private clinic has been sealed off and medical personnel who interacted with this case during her obstetrics and gynaecology emergency have been contacted and put in self-isolation.”
