Godwin Udoh, Asaba
Delta State Governor, Dr ifeanyi Okowa has announced an extension of 14 days lockdown order and imposes 7pm to 7am dusk to dawn curfew to contain and curtail the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Governor Okowa disclosed this on Tuesday morning while briefing news men in Asaba, the Delta State capital, saying, the extension is necessitated from number of persons in the isolation centre across the state and more to be identify.
“It is for public good and interest of our health. I urge all Deltans to cooperate with us”.
This extension brings the total lockdown days to four weeks, as he has also directed the state Commissioner of Police to ensure a strict enforcement of movement from dawn to dusk.
Food markets are not allowed to open daily, only three (3) days a week, that is, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays while sellers of toiletries, soaps and others essential home items can now be allowed to sell same at the food markets, while all others existing orders remains unchanged.
Okowa disclosed that, distribution of food items stored in the food bank in Ibusa will commence within the next 48 to 72 hours to Deltans irrespective of political leanings.
It would be recall that, on March 26, Governor Okowa announced modalities for close down of businesses, human movement and total lockdown of the state.
However, the lockdown period which kicked off April 1, was greeted with mixed feelings, and witnessed the murder of a youth by a soldier in Warri on the second day of the statewide lockdown.
Furthermore, in the past 14 days, the State recorded its index case of COVID-19, its first death from the Coronavirus and a total of three positive cases of the virus infection.
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On the status of the two cases of COVID-19 in the State, Okowa informed that they were responding to treatment at the Oghara and Asaba treatment centres adding that, a total of 70 contacts have been identified with the three cases recorded in the state with 46 persons already reached who are now in self isolation at their homes and in government isolation centres.
Okowa also disclosed that cloth-face masks produced by the State Government will soon be rolled out for a statewide distribution by weekend.
