As new discovery of 12 positive cases of Covid-19 in Mabushi, a village within the heart of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), there is now heavy tension among residents over the possibility of community transmission of the pandemic disease known as COVID-19.
Following Saturday’s 49 new cases of Covid-19 which were reported in Nigeria, with 12 of such cases in the nations Capital.
There had been few cases in Mabushi but the majority of cases uncovered on Saturday were from the village, with health officials now putting the total at 12.
One case was also uncovered at Gishiri village, another low-income but densely populated community in the territory.
None of these identified cases had any recent history of foreign travel or coming in contact with a returnee.
An epidemiologist in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Administration who spoke on the condition that his identity be covered as he was not authorised to speak to the Press, described the situation as worrying.
His words: “Due to the fear of community transmission, we had embarked on community active case search. We focused on Mpape due to its proximity to Maitama where we had a lot of cases. Then we went to Gishiri. We got one positive case. What is worrisome is the situation in Mabushi where we have gotten 12 positive cases already”, he revealed.
According to him, officials are working round the clock to trace all contacts related to the identified cases.
He however commended the FCT minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello for his assistance to health workers, he warned residents against trying to circumvent the rules of the lockdown, describing the Covid-19 pandemic as “an existential threat which must be tackled by all means possible”.
While FCT had 81 confirmed cases as of Saturday night, there were 56 active cases, 23 discharged patients and two deaths.
