Abuja — He turned up with flu-like symptoms at a medical centre in Ogun state in the southwest of Nigeria. Dr Amara Allison, who was on duty, examined the patient and ordered that he be isolated immediately. She had just diagnosed Nigeria's first COVID-19 patient. Along with four health workers and 35 other people who had been in contact with the country's index case, Dr Allison was placed on a 14-day quarantine. She recounts her experience staying indoors for a fortnight.
Being quarantined is quite kaleidoscopic.
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