The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, has said 177 residents have been tested for coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic. Yaya-Kolade said the state molecular laboratory was being set up for random testing to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 in the state.
The commissioner, who spoke in Ado Ekiti during a briefing on COVID-19 on Monday, urged residents to make themselves available for the test to learn their health status.
She said, “So far we have conducted COVID-19 tests on 177 persons with 19 confirmed cases. We have only five active cases at present. We informed you about our molecular laboratory last week and I can confirm to you now that the laboratory is being set up now and the tests will commence any moment from now.
“We want to rule out any form of community transmission of COVID-19 and further spread. We believe that with the random tests, it will help us to contain the deadly disease. I want to urge our people to make themselves available for the tests.”
Source: Punch
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