COVID-19: Makinde cancels curfew, converts isolation centres to primary health centres

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced the cancellation of the 10 p.m. curfew imposed on the state in the wake of the coronavirusMr Makinde, who doubles as the head of the COVID-19 task force in the state, announced the cancellation of the curfew on Thursday.

The statement further indicated that the task force issued another warning to residents of the state to continue to follow the Own Your Action initiative of the state’s COVID-19 task force, as, according to the task force, the state “is not completely out of the woods with regard to COVID-19.” It warned residents of the state not to jettison the guidelines on the prevention of the virus, including washing of hands, social distancing, and the use of masks.

Similarly, the statement confirmed that the task force has approved that, except for the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan, other isolation centres in the state could be converted to Level 3 PHCs. While briefing the task force meeting, former chief medical director of the University College Hospital and coordinator of the Oyo State Isolation Centres, Professor Temitope Alonge, maintained that because of the decline in the number of COVID-19 patients on admission at the isolation centres, the staff strength of the healthcare workers should be reduced to a tenth of the current size.

In all, the task force noted that a total of 15,700 COVID-19 tests have been conducted, with 3,118 confirmed cases and 37 fatalities.

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