COVID-19: Ondo residents continue to ignore guidelines as cases hit 105
The figure was released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC following the confirmation of 745 cases of COVID-19 in the country.In Akure, the Ondo State capital, the government directives on ways of curbing the disease has totally been ignored with the residents back to their daily routine.
At the Oja-Oba market in Akure, most of the stalls and shops now operate on a daily basis as against the directive of the government on Tuesdays and Thursdays as the approved market days with only the sales of foodstuffs allowed.A visit to the market on Friday revealed that most of the traders and customers were not putting on facemasks with social distancing flagrantly ignored, while those seen wearing the mask hung it below their chin.
The situation was not different in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government as the residents were going about their businesses without minding the dangers of non-usage of the facemask. A commercial motorcyclist popularly called ‘okada rider’ who gave his name as Tunji argued on the authenticity of COVID-19 as he dismissed its existence.
Tunji who was engaged by our correspondent said there is nothing like COVID-19 in Nigeria but claimed to always have his facemask in his pocket.
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