MINISTRY OF HEALTH Situation Report

TITLE COVID-19 Pandemic Situation Report SERIAL NUMBER 27 EPID-WEEK 22 DATE 26 May 2020

HIGHLIGHTS:  No new confirmed case(s) reported today  Twenty-nine (29) contacts of confirmed cases have completed 14 days follow-up without symptoms  Four (4) new contacts of the confirmed cases have been identified and line-listed by the contact tracing teams in Bade LGA  One (1) new alert was received and investigated in LGA

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SUMMARY:  The total number of confirmed COVID-19 case(s) is forty-seven (47): Nineteen (19) cases from Damaturu, ten (10) cases from Nguru, nine (9) cases from Bade, three (3) cases from , and one (1) case each from , , , Fika, and LGAs  Total confirmed case(s) of COVID-19 amongst Health Care Workers (HCWs) in the state is thirteen (13): Seven (7) nurses, four (4) doctors, one (1) physiotherapist, and one (1) laboratory scientist  The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the state is six (6)  Total number of case(s) who recovered and have been discharged from the state isolation centers is eight (8)  The total number of contacts who completed the 14 days follow-up without developing symptoms as of today is one hundred and eighty-two (182)  Thirty-two (32) confirmed cases in the state isolation centers are in stable condition  The total number of samples taken for testing is ninety-one (91). Of these, forty-seven (47) returned positive, forty results (40) are negative and the results of four (4) remaining samples are being awaited.

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Table 1: Summary of Case(s) Cumulative New Cases Total Epi-week 22 S/No. (1 Jan-26 (Daily) (Monday-Sunday) Description May 2020) 1 Suspected case(s) 0 0 79 2 Lab-confirmed positive case(s) 0 0 47 Lab-confirmed positive cases amongst 3 health care worker(s) 0 0 13 4 Probable case(s) 0 0 0 5 Rumor under investigation 1 3 148 Number of the confirmed case(s) on 6 admission 0 0 32 7 Number of confirmed case(s) discharged 0 0 8 8 Number of death in confirmed case(s) 0 0 6 Number of death amongst health care 9 workers 0 0 0 10 Number of death in suspected cases 0 0 0

Table 2: Summary of Contact(s) New Cumulative Total epi-week 22 S/No. Cases (1 Jan-26 (Monday-Sunday) Description (Daily) May 2020) 1 Contact(s) listed 4 4 461 2 Contact(s) seen 4 4 444 3 Contact(s) currently under follow-up 4 4 262 4 Symptomatic contacts(s) 0 0 11 5 Contact confirmed positive 0 0 6 Contact(s) who completed 14 days follow- 6 up 29 29 182 7 Contact(s) lost to follow up 0 0 0

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Figure 1: Risk Mapping of Yobe LGAs.

Figure 2: Map of Yobe State Showing Number of Laboratory Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by LGA.

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Table 3: Summary of Laboratory Result(s) New Total epi-week 22 Cumulative Cases (Monday- (1 Jan-26 S/No. Description (Daily) Sunday) May 2020) 1 Number of specimens collected 0 0 91 2 Number of specimens tested negative 0 0 40 3 Number of specimens confirmed positive 0 0 47 4 Number of pending laboratory samples 0 0 4

THEMATIC INTERVENTIONS Coordination:  SMOH and partners are supporting LGA RRT COVID-19 coordination meetings as well as contact tracing, contacts monitoring contact, and risk communication activities in high-burden LGAs  The state coordination and POE teams conducted supportive supervision at Damaturu and Potiskum POE.

Surveillance and Epidemiology:  Twenty-nine (29) contacts have completed the 14 days follow-up without symptoms today  Four (4) new contacts of the confirmed cases have been identified and line-listed by the contact tracing teams in Bade LGA  One (1) new alert was received and investigated in Damaturu LGA  Continued monitoring of two hundred and sixty-two (262) contacts of confirmed cases.

Point of Entry (POE):  Conducted supportive supervision at Damaturu and Potiskum LGA POE  Continued monitoring of 58 Almajiris deported from Adamawa to Yobe state eleven (11) days ago.

Case Management:  No new admissions in the state isolation center  No new discharges from the state isolation centers today  Thirty-two (32) confirmed cases in the state isolation centers are in stable condition.

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC):  Supported decontamination and fumigation of households of confirmed cases in Potiskum, Bursari, and Gulani LGAs

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 Continued sensitization on the use of facemasks across the state. Laboratory and Diagnostic Support:  Following-up with NCDC to retrieve pending sample results  The total number of samples taken for testing is ninety-one (91). Of these, forty-seven (47) returned positive, forty results (40) are negative and the results of four (4) remaining samples are being awaited.

Risk Communication and Social Mobilization:  Supported public sensitization through the use of radio jingles, motorized campaigns, and TV programs  SPHCMB in conjunction with WHO and Action Against Hunger (AAH) developed new jingles on COVID-19 prevention messages- frequent handwashing, use of hand sanitizer, face-mask, and practice of good respiratory hygiene, for airing in Yobe radio corporation and motorized campaigns.

Logistics and Operational Support:  Distributed COVID-19 supplies to Damaturu LGA POE teams  Conducted supervision and monitoring of IPC practices amongst drivers deployed to isolation centers and logistics team.

CHALLENGES:  Inadequate PPEs and IPC commodities to sustain high-quality IPC in isolation centers and public places  Insecurity and military operations affecting risk communication activities in remote communities of Geidam, Gulani and Gujba LGAs

NEXT STEP(S): • Deploy additional motorized campaign vehicles to scale-up risk communication in high-burden LGAs • Scale-up IPC measures in all COVID-19 isolation centers in the state • Follow-up with NCDC to retrieve pending sample results from Abuja.

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