[BREAKING NEWS] Oyo To Produce One Million Face Masks As UCH Doctor Tests Positive

The Oyo State Government says it has closed courses of action for neighborhood creation of one million face covers for the individuals of the state even as it affirmed another instance of coronavirus in the state on Saturday.

Governor Seyi Makinde declared the improvements in Ibadan, the state capital on Saturday.

The administration needs to present obligatory utilization of face covers in broad daylight in a state with a populace of 5,580,894, as per the 2006 populace enumeration.

Mr Makinde said the new affirmed case is a clinical specialist at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan.

In a related turn of events, the UCH said the Chairman of its Board of Management, Ibrahim Shettima, has tried negative to the illness, three weeks after prior testing positive.

Mr Makinde said the clinical specialist has been taken into confinement while contact following has started in regard of the case.

Oyo State currently has eight active instances of coronavirus.

Mr Makinde said the state government would commission 100 tailors to create the one million face veils.

“As I stated in an earlier interview, one of the measures we considered to prevent, contain and control the spread of COVID-19 in Oyo State is the compulsory use of face masks in the public. We reached a decision to implement this measure. What we are saying is, if you must leave your house and come to any public place, you must wear face mask.

“We know that we are in a very tough economic environment right now. So, what Oyo State government wants to do is to produce an initial one million face masks to kick start masks in public place policy in Oyo State. What we have also done is to link up with the artisans; 100 of the tailors will be commissioned by Monday, 20th of April, to make 10,000 face masks each.

“We are collaborating with experts who have already designed these face masks to train the tailors on how to make them. They will also employ some more tailors to join them so that they can, on a daily basis, produce 2,000 face masks, so that within the week, they can hit the 10,000 target.”

The governor said the continuous huge Drive-Through/Walk-Through Testing at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, was at that point yielding outcomes. He said the test would give the state government a logical base to comprehend the conduct of the infection in the state.

He said that with four new cases affirmed from the tests, the state would be in a situation to comprehend the example of the infection and think of coordinating measures to contain it.

Mr Makinde additionally reported a delay by multi week of the resumption of laborers at the state secretariat from April 20 to April 27.

On the new affirmed case, he stated:

“The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case, a doctor at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, came back POSITIVE, today. Isolation and contact tracing have commenced. So, there are currently eight active cases in Oyo State.