BENIN CITY – Edo State has recorded 39 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 12 recoveries from its isolation and treatment centres across the state.
The Edo State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this at the daily virtual meeting of the State Task force on Covid-19 response, chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
According to him, “We recorded 39 new cases of COVID-19 in the State, reported from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Accredited Laboratories in the State with 21 cases reported from the RT – PCR Laboratory at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), and 18 from the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Laboratory. We also collected 102 samples in the last 24 hours.
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A professor of Chemistry at the University of Benin, Edo State and former Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNIBEN chapter, Julius Iyasele, speaks to
ADEYINKA ADEDIPE
what age did you become a father?
It took me time to start a family; I was already 36 when I got married in 1996. It took that long because I had to struggle to get to where I am now. I lost my dad when I was 10 years old and my mother was just a peasant farmer. It was through the help of God and my mother’s brothers that I was able to go to school. When I came out from school in 1984, it was the era of essential commodities in this country and there was no classified advert where you could apply for a job. So, many of us who graduated at that time were struggling in Lagos. It was so bad that people who had degrees from reputable universities applied for front desk jobs in one of the prominent hotels when it was coming up. I also had to drop m
The estimated cost of the surgery, including travelling expenses, is N7 million. Little Omosefe has since birth been in pains and suffering from a medical condition called Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD).
Her mother, Mrs Ruth Ugbo, said after Omosefe’s delivery, it was observed that she had a hole in the heart, which may lead to the baby’s death if not corrected. x
“We were told we need a corrective surgery in India so that she can have a chance of survival,” she said.
The baby’s medical report, signed by her consultant, a paediatrician and paediatric cardiologist at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Wilson Sadoh, confirmed the condition.
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