“I See Hope Ahead. Ogun people, Your Wellbeing And Safety Matter To Me.”-Gov. Dapo Abiodun
Until Monday, April 6, when two new cases of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) were announced in Ogun State, the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration had plumbed into the depth of its resourcefulness and sense of duty to curtail and contain its spread.
Perhaps if the Italian harbinger of COVID-19 had not visited Ogun, the state would have been without a case or its first case would have been delayed judging by the measures quickly put in place by Governor Abiodun.
While promising that his administration would stop at nothing to stop COVID-19 in its track in Ogun State, the governor added that they would continue to review the measures and strengthen its preparedness to ‘combat the corona monster on an on-going basis.’
According to the governor, “Great to announce we have discharged 6 persons in total, after they each twice tested negative to the COVID-19, out of the 9 total confirmed cases across the State. Of all 6 discharged persons, 3 were discharged Wednesday, 15th April, and Thursday, 16th April.
This leaves 3 active cases we are currently handling in the State. The test-and-trace strategy we have adopted has so far yielded the identification of 210 contacts of suspected patients, and we have discharged 110 who were observed within 14 days under quarantine, leaving 100 persons under observation.
To further enhance such response, we have installed the first State-fully funded molecular laboratory in the Country in addition to our working on the ownership of another molecular lab, and they will become operational after accreditation by the NCDC, increasing our daily testing capacity to 1,000 per day.
These laboratories will function so effectively, because we are also setting up testing booths in high-risk border areas around Lagos, and also mobile labs that will move around communities hosting patients so far confirmed, for possible close contacts, in areas including Ota, Ifo, Obafe and Sagamu.
I see hope ahead. Ogun people, your wellbeing and safety matter to me.
Together, let’s stay home. Let’s stay safe.”
