COVID-19: Oyo Records 202 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that no fewer than 202 people have died of COVID-19 infection in Oyo State till date.

This was made known by Dayo Adigun, the Laboratory Vocal Person, Oyo State Public Health Emergency Operation Centre representing NCDC on Wednesday in Ibadan.

Adigun who spoke at a sensitisation and mobilisation programme organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter said the centre had carried out COVID-19 test on 91, 271 people in the state among whom 10, 156 tested positive to the virus from 2020 till date.

He revealed that COVID-19 is still in existence in Oyo State and Nigeria in general, but people are not really coming out for test, thinking the virus was no more.

According to Adigun, there have not been increase in the number of people infected with the virus nowadays, because people are no longer coming out for test.

He called on residents of the state to go for testing in order to know their status and vaccination to build their immune system against the virus.

He also noted that a lot of vaccines at the centre had expired and were disposed off, because people are not coming for vaccination.

Also speaking, Kayode Martins, the NLC Chairman in the state, said that COVID-19 was still prevalence.

According to him, the aim of the programme is to sensitise workers and the entire residents of the state in order to prevent the spread of the virus.

He said the programme was organised in collaboration with the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA).

He stated that some people nowadays think the virus had gone, noting that the sensitisation has made it known that the virus still exist.

“We encourage people to come to the NLC Secretariat on Thursday and Fridays for screening and vaccination as from 9.00 a.m.

“The virus is still with us and we have to live with it and manage it,” he said.