OSUN STATE GOVERNMENT TO EMBARK ON INTENSIVE SEARCH OF INFESTED PEOPLE

THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF OSUN WILL SOON EMBARK ON ACTIVE CASE SEARCH TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS IN THE STATE.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE’S COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH, DR RAFIU ISAMOTU, THE ACTIVE CASE SEARCH ENTAILS GOING INTO NEIGHBOURHOODS AND COMMUNITIES TO TEST PEOPLE FOR THE COVID-19 .

ISAMOTU, IN AN INTERVIEW DISCLOSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS PUTTING IN PLACE NECESSARY LOGISTICS FOR A HITCH-FREE EXERCISE, INCLUDING TEST, QUARANTINE AND ADMISSION OF THOSE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.

HE NOTED THAT THE NEW 150-BED ISOLATION CENTRE INAUGURATED BY GOVERNOR ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA LAST WEEK WILL FURTHER HELP THE STATE IN ITS QUEST TO PREPARE FOR ANY EMERGENCY, ADDING THAT EFFORTS WERE ALSO IN PLACE TO IMPROVE THE TESTING CAPACITY OF THE STATE OF OSUN.