Coronavirous: Gov. Dapo Abiodun Commissions Three COVID-19 Isolation
Centres
Ogun State Government’s efforts to contain the spread of
COVID-19 within the state received a massive boost today, Monday, when Governor
Dapo Abiodun commissioned two of the three isolation centres.
Governor Abiodun commissioned the purpose-built isolation
centres in Ikenne and Sagamu which has 128 bed and 21 beds respectively, the
two of the three in Ogun State – the third being located in Iberekodo, Abeokuta
with 100 beds.
The announcement came on the heel of Governor Abiodun’s
disclosure that the restriction order from the Presidency on internal movements
of good and persons within Ogun State would no longer take effect from tomorrow
but from Friday, 3rd April, 2020.
“This is a result of my talks with the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E, Muhammadu Buhari GCFR to allow our people to
make use of the time between now and then to prepare for the lockdown. The
presidential order however implies that the interstate and international border
closure I earlier ordered now takes effect from 11pm today, March 30,” Abiodun
explained.
In a statement released, the Governor further reiterated Ogun
State Government’s effort to set up a test centre within the state “so that we
do not have to wait for days to have results returned from our neighbour Lagos
State, while we have produced 140,000 hand sanitizers for free distribution to
everyone within the State.
“We have enabled our health sector through purposive
training, provision of equipment and ambulances, and the assurance of
technical, logistic and manpower support from the Babcock University Teaching
Hospital (BUTH), Ilishan-Remo and the OOUTH, Sagamu.
“Also, I am proud to announce that as a government which has
controlled this pandemic from reaching its exponential stage, we remain the
first State Government amidst all these to begin televised class sessions,
tagged OgunDigiClass for pupils and students of primary and secondary schools
who are caught at home as a result of the extant restrictions.
“We will be using the period between now and Friday to
finalise modalities on how to reach vulnerable people and the needy with
stimulus packages that include mainly food items,” Abiodun said.
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