“They are not wanted here because many of the cases we have had were brought from outside.”
Yaya-Kolade made this known in Ado Ekiti at a news conference by the State COVID-19 Task Force Committee.According to her, the random test, which would be done across every nook and cranny, must be undertaken in view of the geometric increase in the number of COVID-19 victims.
“We will begin random testing next week to stop community spread. The state is also doing a lot of infection prevention training for our health workers to make our people safe. “They are not wanted here because many of the cases we have had were brought from outside,” she said. The commissioner further said that all claims by individuals and institutions that they had produced a herbal cure for COVID-19 must be scrutinised and made to pass through medical screening before approval.
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