Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said eight more workers tested positive for coronavirus in an Ibadan company recently shut down after 30 of its workers got infected with the virus.
reports that the governor revealed on Saturday that the organisation was based in Ibadan South West Local Government Area of the state and was being decontaminated while the infected staffers had been moved to the state’s Isolation Centre.handle, Makinde said, “18 confirmed COVID-19 patients have received their second negative test results and have been discharged.“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for eleven suspected cases came back positive.
He said the test results of two suspected cases from the University College Hospital, Ibadan, who passed away and were buried, also came back positive, adding that the total number of confirmed cases in the state hits 118, including four associated deaths. He urged residents, who suspect they have come in contact with a COVID-19 case, and who have symptoms of the virus including cough, fever, tiredness, amongst others, to visit the state testing centre.
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