To avert the community spread of the dreadful COVID 19 pandemic, the Ekiti State government would next week begin random testing for residents across the state. The government also promised to ensure that security agencies enforcing the lockdown do not infringe on the rights of the suspected offenders in the state. The State Commissioner for
To avert the community spread of the dreadful COVID 19 pandemic, the Ekiti State government would next week begin random testing for residents across the state.
The commissioner added that all the claims by institutions that they have produced a herbal cure for COVID 19 must be scrutinised and made to pass through medical screening before approval. “We are still tracing some contacts and we are expecting our molecular laboratory soon just as we are still preaching prevention and containment through the usage of masks and personal hygiene and social financing.
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