BULAWAYO health officials have said a Covid-19 patient who
violated self-isolation regulations has been placed under quarantine at
Thorngrove Infectious Disease Hospital and clarified that the individual is not
patient number 15.
On Thursday, Chronicle reported patient number 15 as having
violated self-isolation procedures, but health officials say it was a mix-up in
their description of the patients as another patient, and not patient 15, is
the one who violated self-isolation regulations.
The non-complying patient whose profile number was not
released has since been placed on quarantine at Thorngrove Infectious Disease
Hospital for violating isolation rules.
The patient who did not comply with procedures was seen at
some shopping centres and other public places in Bulawayo.
The Rapid Response Team also did not find the patient at
home during the prescribed time of home self-isolation.
In clarifying the matter, newly appointed acting Bulawayo
Provincial Medical Director Dr Welcome Mlilo said they were satisfied with
patient number 15’s compliance to self-isolation after testing positive on
Monday, but another patient had violated rules.
In response to that violation, the said patient was taken
from home and quarantined at Thorngrove Infectious Disease Hospital.
“I really was not keen to discuss the individual cases per
say, patient 15 and patient 16. But on this one, I think I will make an
exception; it is proper for me to set the record straight.
“Patient 15 as far as we are aware, as far as our response
team, has been fully in compliance with self-isolation protocol which is in
place,” said Dr Mlilo.
He said council has since put on forced quarantine a
patient who violated the self-isolation procedures, risking residents’ lives.
“On the other case where one of the patients who was
diagnosed Covid-19 positive has broken self-isolation protocol, we have moved
in to take that patient and quarantine him or her in one of our facilities.
“So that is how we are going to proceed going forward. If
anyone is found to be breaking the self-isolation protocol that are in place,
we will move in and quarantine that person,” said Dr Mlilo.
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