Unvaccinated Health Worker, One Other Die Of COVID-19 In Edo

In Edo state, two people have died from COVID19 complications, one of whom was an unvaccinated health worker.

The 56-year-old nurse died in Edo north’s Auchi General Hospital.

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Dr Ebomwonyi Osagie, the Head of the State’s COVID-19 Case Management, told reporters on Friday, September 10, that the two victims had not yet been immunized against the virus.

“The state has recorded two deaths in 24 hours. One of the deceased, a 56-year-old man, was a nurse with Auchi General Hospital, Etsako West Local Government Area. He was diabetic and hypertensive as well as unvaccinated.

Health workers are not immune and they are Nigerians. There is also vaccine hesitancy among health workers like other Nigerians.’’he said

According to Osagie, the Delta variant has resulted in 35 deaths and 925 verified cases in the state since its beginning.

“We actually feel sad over the death of the health worker, just as we feel sad each time we lose a soul.

As a government, we want to do everything possible to protect our people and prevent this death; most of these deaths are preventable; we know they had co-morbidities and some of these persons were presented very late.

Late presentation has always been a challenge to us, even during the first wave of COVID-19.

In the health sector, coming to the hospital late is always a very serious issue that leads to an increase in mortality while managing cases,” Irowa said