The Osun State government has said the missing Coronavirus (COVID-19) patient has been apprehended and returned to the state isolation centre in Ejigbo.

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Gboyega Oyetola, Ismail Omipidan confirmed it to newsmen, according to Punch.

The patient, who is a woman, was said to have been apprehended in Ejigbo town by policemen on Saturday afternoon and returned to the facility.

Omipidan said the patient had been apprehended and returned to the facility.
The Osun government had earlier said the police have began a manhunt for the escaped patient.

Also confirming the development in a statement, Commissioner for information in the state, Funke Egbemode said the state government was still in the process of tracing individuals the patient might have come in contact with.

Egbemode noted that security within and around the Isolation centre has been beefed up .

She assured that the government would continue to enhance measures to prevent further spread of COVID-19 in the State.