Posted on Mar 20, 2020
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has rolled out measures to curb to tackle spread of corona virus in the state.
This followed a suspected case of a 70-year patient currently being isolated at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Akure.
Simply identified as David, the suspect was said to have just returned from Maryland in the United States and developed symptoms associated with corona virus.
Doctors at the hospital said he was coughing, had pneumonia, hypertensive and was brought in unconscious.
In a state wide broadcast to the people of Ondo State last night, Governor Akeredolu said the stepas taken was to ensure the health system is ready to manage the situation effectively in collaboration with the federal government and other development partners.
Governor Akeredolu identified the steps to include equipping the state infectious disease hospital as a treatment centre for the disease, upgrading the state disease surveillance network to be able to identify cases and ensure proper community surveillance as well as rolled out a sustained media campaign on the COVID-19 infection.
Akeredolu said he has set up a high level inter-ministerial committee headed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, to coordinate the state’s response to COVID-19 challenge.
According to him, “In furtherance of this, we have also directed the closure of all primary and secondary schools as well tertiary institutions in the state as from Friday 20th, March, 2020 until further notice.