Covid 19 : Fresh Lockdown Imminent In Ekiti;180 New Cases Recorded Less Than Two Months

By Ayodele Oni

Another lockdown is imminent in Ekiti state as the state government confirmed that 180 new cases of the dreaded Covid 19 pandemic have been recorded in less than two months.

The commissioner for Health in Ekiti State, Dr Oyebanji Filani, who disclosed this on Tuesday stated that the new cases were recorded in the state less than two months period.

He told journalists that the state, which record on the pandemic has been on manageable level, recorded 180 cases of covid-19 between July and August 2021.

Speaking during a news conference, the commissioner explained that 95 cases were recorded in July, while 85 had been recorded in the month of August.

To this end, the commissioner announced that government would revisit some of the precautionary measures put in the place in the past to avoid further spread.

As a first step, a task force would be set up to enforce the rules, which include mandatory wearing of mask, ban on social gathering of more than fifty persons.

Religious gathering is also restricted to fifty persons with strict compliance to provision of soap and water for hand washing.

Dr Filani confirmed that the patients are stable and government had three isolation centres with necessary facilities to manage them.

Ekiti, compared to other states in the south west recorded one of the least record of Covid 19 during the first break of the pandemic.

It was gathered that despite the rise in cases for the month of July and August, there is less anxiety as public and private primary and secondary schools in the state are currently on end of session break, which lasts till early September.

Compliance with laid down rules in the state has been adjudged to be on the average as the task force set up to ensure effectiveness of the rules has been up and doing in its task.