The COVID-19 Delta variant has recorded more casualties, as three persons out of the 156 new positive cases have been confirmed dead in Akwa Ibom State.
Briefing journalists yesterday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, secretary to state government and chairman, Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 Committee, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, called on all citizens of the state to obey all COVID-19 guidelines and protocols earlier enunciated.
Noting that all COVID-19 monitoring mechanisms have been reactivated to ensure strict compliance with guidelines and protocols to assist the state combat the new wave, the state government also advised citizens to ensure that “social distancing in tricycles and in Mini-buses and wearing of face masks are to be strictly complied with.
“Report any suspicious symptoms such as fever, cough, difficulty in breathing and body pains and weakness to the nearest Covid-19 facility or use the following help lines 08000275664, 08189411111,” Ekuwem stated.He said the state molecular laboratories are fully functional and tests for COVID-19 are being done regularly.
“We ask you to avail yourself of this facility for your COVID-19 tests. Government shall continue to monitor the trends in the disease and take actions as may be necessary from time to time”, he added. Meanwhile, the minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that the country was beginning to see a pandemic of two tracks as the number of new infections has increased.
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