By Mike Kuwoye
Arogbo town, the traditional and spiritual headquarters of Arogbo-Ijaw kingdom, has been thrown into a state of confusion following a suspected case of the dreaded Coronavirus.
The confusion set in around 3:PM on Sunday when a team of medical doctors reportedly traced an Ijaw woman, who came from the United Kingdom, to Agadagba-obon recently.
The said woman was suspected to have been developing symptoms of the Coronavirus, hence the team of the experts traced and eventually located her at Agadagba-obon upon a distress call by members of her family.
Upon arrival, tests were conducted on her and samples including other particulars were taken to Osun State for laboratory interpretations and final result.
Following this unfortunate development, the Ese-Odo Medical Team, which got wind of the episode, visited the Agadagba at Arogbo and reported same and urged the royal father to also sensitize the people to avoid having handshakes and other social gatherings in strict compliance with the directives of the Federal and State Governments.
Meanwhile, the expert team, while leaving had advised the family of the suspected Coronavirus infected woman to isolate her pending when the results would be out so as to avoid any possible or further spread of the virus.
Also, About fifteen persons that allegedly had contacts with the woman upon arrival from the U.K., including her mother, were all tested and samples were taken to the laboratory as well.
As at the time of this report, Starnews NG can report that the community is completely in the shambles over this threatening development as there have been concomitant convergences in strategic places in the town discussing the issue and the dangers of having the presence of such person in the kingdom.
To further discourage public convergence, the Agadagba’s delegation had moved into every nooks and crannies of Arogbo and beyond, to warn and advise all and sundry to stay at home and avoid all social gatherings as directed by the government to avoid contacting the pandemic.
The local government chairman of Ese Odo, Mr. Ojo Omolewa, on Monday, confirmed the incident to Starnews NG in a telephone interview.
He, however, said the good people of Ese Odo local government should not panic. He advised them to keep off from the location of the isolation building where the woman has isolated herself pending the outcome of the result of the test conducted on her.
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