Health

Covid-19: We are prepared to tackle any outbreak – Oyo Govt.

By Web News 952

Oyo state is fully prepared in case of any outbreak of Covid-19 in the state.

Commissioner for Health in Oyo State, Dr Bashir Bello stated this during a visit to Radio Nigeria Ibadan.

Dr Bello noted that quarantine centres in the state had been equipped with necessary facilities.

Some of the centres according to the commissioner, include the University College Hospital, Adeoyo Hospital and Odogbo Barracks.

The commissioner said residents were already being sensitized to adhere to standard preventive health practices such as the washing of hand with soap and warm water, usage of nose masks, and staying clear of anyone who sneezes or coughs around them.

Reacting the Zonal Director, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Ibadan Zonal Station, Alhaji Mohammed Bello said the station was ready to partner the state government on useful health practices to prevent the Covid -19 virus.

Alhaji Bello urged the state government to continue to put the interest of the masses first in all they do.

Lilian Ibomor

Health

Oyo NMA Chairman Calls for Calm as Nigeria Records 1st Case of Covid 19

By Web News 1175

The Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Oyo State, Dr Akin Sodipo has urged members of the public to remain calm but maintain basic personal hygiene practices as the first case of COVID 19 also known as Coronavirus is recorded.

The case was of an Italian citizen who was in Nigeria for a brief business visit but fell ill and was taken to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing.

Dr Sodipo in an Interview with Radio Nigeria advised people to wash their hands with soap and water, use alcohol-based sanitizer, and avoid crowded places while people coughing or sneezing should stay indoors until they are better.

He urged medical practitioners and other health workers to be vigilant at this point and adopt safety measures such as wearing of face masks and gloves and prompt isolation of patients with symptoms of the disease to prevent spread.

Dr Sodipo assured residents that no case of COVID 19 has been confirmed in Oyo state but that the government was intensifying efforts to contain any outbreak of the virus.

Globally, more than eighty thousand people in about fifty countries have been infected while up to two thousand eight hundred have died.

Many countries are taking actions to prevent spread.

For instance, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Iraq have ordered schools closed while Saudi Arabia has halted travel to Mecca and Medina for this year’s Humrah.

Back home in Nigeria, a multi-sectoral Coronavirus preparedness group led by Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has activated its operations centre which will work closely with Lagos State health authorities to respond quickly to any case.

Anthonia Akanji