{"id":10389,"date":"2020-04-22T14:33:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10389"},"modified":"2020-04-22T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:33:34","slug":"abia-govt-shuts-down-private-hospitals-as-state-records-first-cases-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10389","title":{"rendered":"Abia govt shuts down private hospitals as state records first cases of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gov-Ikpeazu.jpg\" alt=\"It\u2019ll be foolish for anybody not to back Obi, S-East govs not against him \u2014Gov Ikpeazu\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/abia-govt-declares-suspected-covid-19-case-wanted\/\">Abia State government<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday shut two private hospitals where the state\u2019s two index coronavirus cases were initially admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, who confirmed the development at a press briefing, said doctors and nurses of the hospitals located at Umuahia North and Ukwa West local government areas of the state have been quarantined for suspected coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said one of the patients comes from Umuahia North, while the other is from Ukwa West LGA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ikpeazu disclosed that the Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19 would begin a community to community contact tracing as the two victims had no history of travelling abroad or outside their vicinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThis means that some people in their communities may have contracted and got them infected and that\u2019s why we should quickly move into the villages and communities to do this contact tracing in order to identify those they were in contact with them before they were tested.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Abia State government&nbsp;on Tuesday shut two private hospitals where the state\u2019s two index coronavirus cases were initially admitted. The state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, who confirmed the development at a press briefing, said doctors and nurses of the hospitals located at Umuahia North and Ukwa West local government areas of the state have been quarantined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abia govt shuts down private hospitals as state records first cases of COVID-19 &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10389\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10389#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Abia govt shuts down private hospitals as state records first cases of COVID-19\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Abia govt shuts down private hospitals as state records first cases of COVID-19 &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10389","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10389#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Abia govt shuts down private hospitals as state records first cases of COVID-19"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The&nbsp;Abia State government&nbsp;on Tuesday shut two private hospitals where the state\u2019s two index coronavirus cases were initially admitted. 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