…set to fumigate markets this week
…as state rakes in N125m cash, other donations
The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force on Saturday
confirmed that the state indeed recorded another positive case of COVID-19,
bringing to nine, the total of positive cases in the state. A statement by the
Acting Chairman of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, Prof Temitope Alonge, on
behalf the State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, which was made available in
Ibadan on Saturday, confirmed that the latest case is a close contact of the
second confirmed case who subsequently developed symptoms. The statement
indicated that the patient has been moved to one of the isolation centres in
the state, while activities at the Emergency Operations Centre, (EOC) are being
ramped up and reviewed to meet the evolving nature of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“With the index case in the state already discharged, the other seven cases
remain stable,”
Prof. Alonge said. According to the statement, the
diagnostic centre located inside the University College Hospital has commenced
full and timely testing of samples, while it is committed to a turnaround time
of less than 24 hours to provide results for samples taken.
“His Excellency is pleased at the progress that has
been made at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Olodo, Ibadan with the training
of key personnel and the readiness of the centre to receive patients starting
from Monday the April 6,” the statement read. According to the statement, the
state government has also received donations amounting to N125 million in cash
and some other kind donations. Prof. Alonge, who issued the statement shortly
after the regular review meeting of the Task Force, said that the state has
also concluded arrangements to decontaminate (fumigate) markets spread across
the state. He stated that the decontamination would be carried out using
experts from the University of Ibadan, while the exact date of the exercise
would be communicated through the heads of markets. The statement read:
“The Task Force was also briefed about the
School-on-Air programme designed to fill the gap for students in SS3, which is
being supported by Telecommunications giant, Airtel with a donation of 500mb of
data to each participating student. “The Commissioner for Education, Barr
Olasunkanmi Olaleye, who briefed the Task Force, said that the programme being
run on the radio and television channels of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo
State (BCOS), was already reaching between 60 and 70 percent of the student
population. “The Task Force was further alerted to the decision of Governor
Seyi Makinde to roll out palliatives to residents of the state within a short
while and that the Ministry of Special Duties and Women Affairs and Social
Inclusion are working out the modalities for the distribution of the
palliatives in a way that would ensure the people who are really in need are
directly reached.”
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