COVID 19: Nigerian Hospital Shut After Doctors, Nurses Test Positive

In a frightening twist in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, a popular hospital in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State in southwest Nigeria, Jericho Specialist Hospital, has been shut down after virtually all the doctors and nurses returned positive in their Coronavirus tests

In accordance with the COVID-19 protocol, the affected doctors and nurses have been sent on isolation.
The Oyo State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Taiwo Ladipo, who made the disclosure, stated that the affected section was shut to prevent a spread to other sections of the hospital, which were also shut, albeit on a temporary basis.

Responding to either there is the probability of a spread to the other sections of the hospital, Ladipo said other patients were not in contact with the affected positive cases, stressing that the affected section would be disinfected.

According to him, “We had a case we are treating in a section of the hospital and the case came back positive. Some of those who were treating the patient that had contact with the patient tested positive.
“All of them have been kept in isolation and that is why that section of the hospital is shut down completely. Other patients are not in contact so the situation is under control.

“A section of the hospital that was affected by the spread of the virus is the one closed totally.
Also speaking on the development, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Mr. Adebisi Popoola said the affected section was billed to be disinfected.
“From my record, some of the health workers were infected with COVID-19. We have sent people to decontaminate the place.”