Local: Kwara blamed the increase in COVID-19 cases on the arrival of travelers from Lagos, North West
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Kwara state
governor while speaking with newsmen during an inspection visit to the Sobi
Specialist Hospital’s Isolation Centre in Ilorin, said “the increase in
COVID-19 cases in the state is as a result of people from Lagos and North
Western states to Ilorin, the state capital despite the ban on inter- state
travels.
He disclosed that 11 of the index
cases at the isolation centre are travelers from Lagos and north- west states
who were intercepted by security operatives deployed to enforce the ban on inter – state travels.
It is disturbing that our new index
cases were imported, they were people from Lagos and north western states who
came here at all cost despite the ban on inter state travels and we are not
happy with that” he said.
He was glad that the collective
transmission of COVID-19 did not take place in Kwara.
He said the government will continue
to provide security to deter travelers from other states from accessing the
territory.
AbdulRahman commended the security
agencies for rising to the occasion and urged them to do more in order to stop the spread of
the disease in the state.
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