Edo state governor,Godwin Obaseki extends the dusk till dawn curfew to 14 days more.
On Thursday April 30th,the governor of edo state increased the dusk till dawn curfew that has been enforced to more 14 days.
The curfew curfew started on April 19,which was set to last 10 days and begins everyday from 7pm to 6am in Edo state.
The governor announced the extension and the progress that has been made so far in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic.
Governor Obaseki announced that there are screening centres in which free medical services,free face mask and multi-vitamins.he cited that the health workers fighting the corona virus were frontline workers and has approved the the payment of hazard allowances starting from
He moved politics aside,then called the chairman of the opposition party,the People Democratic Party(PDP).he thanked the chairman for volunteering to serve in the state covid-19 response team.
Note:the governor declared a patient who tested positive for covid-19 wanted so that treatment can be given to the patient who lives in the edo Government Reservation Area(GRA) province, in ugbor new benin,benin city.
According to the governor's speech,he said;
"Since my last public update about 10 days ago, we have made tremendous progress in the area of screening,testing and improving awareness of the covid-19 in the state.
"Working closely with the public and private hospitals,we have screened no fewer than 20,000 people and tested 297 of them.
"This increased screening and testing is the reason for increased number of cases in the state.
"We are aggressively pushing to screen our minimum target about 500,000 people and test about 1 percent of them which is about 5,000 in the next few weeks.
"As we increase testing,we are likely to see astronomic rise in number of cases in the state.
"Of the 20,000 people we have screened and the 297 sample taken we have recorded 37 confirmed cases as at today,discharged 8 and lost 3 people.
"It is worthy of note that the late testing was strong factor leading to fatality,that is why I am advising everybody to go out for screening at numerous screening centres in the state.
"I want to appreciate the good people of the state for their cooperation and compliance with the curfew which I imposed 10 days ago.
"I know that the curfew has created incoviniences and loss of income to many families,hiwever this is the sacrifice we need to pay to protect the citizens and their families.
"We have decided to begin another round of palliative distribution in the vulnerable groups in our communities.
"With lessons we have learnt in the past we have put measures in place to make sure that only the targeted people receive these items".
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