The Acting Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr. Mohammed Kawu, has been discharged from the Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, where he has been receiving treatment for COVID-19.
Kawu disclosed this in a statement on Sunday moments after he was declared free of coronavirus.
The Acting Secretary and some members of his family contracted the disease about two weeks ago.
Speaking about his experience as a coronavirus patient, Dr Kawu said he had moderate to severe symptoms.
He said: “I developed chest infection, so I had to be on antibiotics for some days.
But thank God, myself and members of my family do not have the symptoms again and we have been discharged from the isolation centre”.
Kawu said the final tests conducted on them returned negative, which prompted their discharge.
The Acting Secretary, however, warned against stigmatising COVID-19 recovered patients.
His words: “Even me, I was not spared. I heard that people around the neighborhood where I live were spreading the news in fear. So we need to really work on the stigma issue”.
He again reiterated that COVID 19 is real and anybody can be infected, warning the virus can be fatal.
“It is important that everyone follows all the extant guidelines of hand washing or sanitizing, maintain social distancing wearing of facial covering and staying at home”, he said.