Governor Abdulrahman at the briefing also disclosed that he had signed the Kwara State Infectious Disease (Emergency Prevention) Regulation 2020 on April 6, into law to enable the government legally force the residents to stay at home.
He said: “Our job is spelt out for us and we are definitely not dropping the ball as contact tracing by the Rapid Response Team of the medical advisory committee has so far netted 75 persons that include 28 medical staff of UITH, who have had contacts with the cases and the suspected case at UITH
“The government is extending the ongoing fumigation exercise to these places of interest, including the relevant locations in Offa and Ilorin, where contamination may have occurred as a result of this infectious disease. This is a trying moment for the whole of mankind. But we are definitely not helpless or without reasonable preparation in Kwara State.
“We are also blessed with committed professionals who are up to the task and willing to stand up and be counted at this time while also taking all precaution.”
On UITH incident, Abdulrazaq said, “The government is utterly disappointed at the breach of trust that played out in the UITH case and without prejudice to the internal investigation by UITH, we demand immediate suspension of Professor Salami and every other official of UITH, whose professional misconducts brought us down this path pending the outcome of the ongoing probe.
“ON Monday, we received the official report from the NCDC of samples earlier taken to the Ibadan test centre. The test confirmed that Kwara State now has two cases of COVID-19. The first is the wife of a man who recently returned from UK and the second case is a diabetic patient who also had a travel history to the UK.
“He came into the country on March 18. He has since gone into self isolation with his wife. Following reasonable suspicion, sample was taken from him and he has now been confirmed positive.”
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