Oyo begins contact tracing of index Delta variant, records two deaths

and Coordinator of the Emergency Operations Centre, Dr Taiwo Olabode Ladipo, said one contact got so far out of two possible contacts has tested positive and has been isolated at the state facility, while two persons were reported to have died of coronavirus in the state yesterday.The Oyo State task force had on Sunday uncovered a case of Delta variant in the state.

“The Delta variant is giving quite a lot of people concern around the world. It was the variant that gave a lot of infections and fatalities in India and as such, a lot of people are worried about its prevalence and transmissibility. I urge all to key into the precautions rolled out by the state government.”

The meeting followed an alarm he raised on the disappearance of some air passengers. According to the governor, the passengers “came into the country via Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos but could not be reached for COVID-19 status monitoring by EKOTELEMED because they supplied wrong contact details.He said: “We are monitoring events that may lead to the third wave of COVID-19 in the country and this is why we need to work together with the Nigeria Immigration Service.

The physicians also decried the declining health indices and life expectancy in the country and lamented that Nigerians are dying too fast and too many.

I hope the carrier is found a d isolated on time to avoid quick spread of this new variant.

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