Health

Oyo Government Makes COVID-19 Testing More Accessible

By Web News 2012

The Emergency Operations Centre, EOC, of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, has released a list of locations where residents of the state can undertake COVID-19 test across the state.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, states that the list of centres was ratified at the state’s COVID-19 Task Force meeting presided over by Governor Makinde.

The statement calls on residents of the state to avail themselves the opportunities of its decentralised testing system to get tested for the virus.

The Task Force maintained that contrary to misinformation that the virus has been defeated, it is still very much active, warning that adequate and observance of all the safety protocols remained the effective ways of combating the virus.

According to the statement, the available testing centres in the state include: State Hospital, Oyo; General Hospital, Saki; General Hospital, Iseyin; General Hospital, Igboora; General Hospital, Apata, Ibadan and Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan.

Others are Health is Wealth, Secretariat Road, Ibadan; and LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.

It adds that testing is also available in approved private laboratories across the state.

The statement further indicates that residents can call the following numbers for enquiries: 08095394000, 08078288999, 08078288800, 08095863000 or dial *723*19*6# and follow the prompts.

Iyabo Adebisi

Health

Facemasks: Oyo to Begin Arrests over Non-Compliance

By Web News 1119

Residents of Oyo State who refuse to comply with the COVID-19 protocol of compulsory use of face mask in public places will be arrested and prosecuted from next month.

A coordinator of enforcement from the Oyo State COVID-19 Emergency Operation Centre and Risk Communication Pillar, Mrs Kunmi Oladipo said this during an enforcement mission to Bodija Market in Ibadan.

Mrs Oladipo lamented that the state had recorded low level of compliance on the wearing of face mask in public places, particularly markets.

She emphasized the importance of the directives on Covid-19 protocol as the battle against coronavirus was still ongoing. 

Mrs Oladipo explained that the enforcement team would within one month sensitize, persuade and ensure compliance, but if there was no appreciable improvement, the team would embark on arrest and prosecution. 

Similarly, President of Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, Tijani Adegoke who was on the enforcement team, said the state government would not relent in its effort at ensuring compliance to COVID-19 directives in public places.

Mr Tijani said the enforcement team had started restraining people without facemask from gaining access into the markets. 

Some of the traders while lauding government’s efforts in tackling Covid-19, promised to obey the directives on wearing of facemask as well as provision of hand washing facilities at various points in the market.

Iyabo Adebisi