Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has disclosed that the state has recorded three new cases of Coronavirus patients.
With these new cases, Ekiti State now has 10 patients in its isolation centre.
Governor Fayemi, who broke the news in a tweet on its Twitter handle, on Sunday, said there was need for residents to be cautious about the scourge with the new development.
“We got information from NCDC tonight (yesterday night) that three more persons tested positive for COVID-19 virus.
“Two are contacts of the medical doctor still in our care and another person who sneaked into the state before he was quarantined.
“This underscores the need for extra vigilance.”
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At a COVID-19 press conference giving an update on the disease, in Ekiti State, on Friday, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, stated that all the patients in the isolation centre are stable and responding to treatment .
Yaya-Kolade revealed the intention of the government to provide a COVID-19 testing laboratory in the state to buoy the testing capacity of the state.
The commissioner also announced that all the corpses to be buried in Ekiti must get approval and certificate of clearance being part of the strategies to tame the spread of the disease.
