BY BUKOLA BARDI

BARELY TWENTY FOUR HOURS AFTER THE CONFIRMATION OF FIVE NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN ONDO STATE, ANOTHER THREE HAVE BEEN RECORDED BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES TO EIGHT.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH, DR WAHAB ADEGBENRO TOLD RADIO NIGERIA IN AKURE THAT THE THREE NEW CASES WERE CONFIRMED THIS MORNING.

DR ADEGBENRO EXPLAINED THAT TWO OF THE FRESH CASES WERE RESIDENTS OF AKURE AND RELATIVES OF ONE OF THE COVID-19 PATIENTS THAT DIED RECENTLY.

HE NOTED THAT THE EARLIER FIVE WERE RECORDED IN AKURE, OKITIPUPA AND ODIGBO AREAS OF THE STATE.

DR ADEGBENRO SAID ALL THE NEW CASES HAD BEEN ADMITTED AT THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL IN AKURE FOR TREATMENT.

THE COMMISSIONER APPEALED TO RESIDENTS TO HALT THE COMMUNITY SPREAD OF THE DISEASE BY MAINTAINING ALL COVID-19 PROTOCOLS ESPECIALLY STAYING AT HOME AND OBSERVING OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING.

 

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