Local: NAN reports that COVID-19 cases in Oyo State have gone up to 107 with 31 new cases now confirmed
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that COVID-19 cases in Oyo State
have gone up to 107 with 31 new cases now confirmed. Gov. Seyi Makinde
confirmed the additional 31 cases in a statement issued in Ibadan on Saturday
night.
Thirty of these are members of staff of an organization based in Ibadan
South West Local Government Area. The remaining one case is from Egbeda Local
Government Area. Hence the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State as at
8p.m. today (Saturday) is 107.
The organization has been shut down and will be decontaminated, he said.
Makinde urged members of the public to remain calm as the situation was
under control.
He said that intensified contact tracing had already commenced, adding
that he would be giving updates on any additional measure that might need to be
taken.
The governor listed certain categories of people who should contact the
Emergency Operations Centre on 08095394000,
08095863000, 08078288999 and 08078288800.
This are people who believe they could have come in contact with a
COVID-19 case and people with the symptoms of cough, fever, tiredness, body
ache and shortness of breath.
Others, he said, were people with respiratory disease symptoms and
healthcare workers who had been in contact with high-risk groups.
Makinde urged them to join the ongoing
drive-through / walk-through testing initiative at Adamasingba Stadium in
Ibadan.
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