Bello Imposes Lockdown On 2 Kogi LGAs

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Governor Yahaya Bello has declared a total lockdown in Kabba/Bunu Local Government of the state for the purpose of tracing all contacts of the two COVID-19 index cases from the area.

The governor at a press briefing on Monday, said the lockdown will last for two weeks starting from 12 a.m. midnight of June 2nd to 15th June, 2020.

Bello and officials of the Kogi State Government have been at loggerheads with the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, over testing of COVID-19 patients, with the governor rejecting the two COVID-19 cases attributed to the state by the NCDC.

Bello, in his address on Monday, still insisted that the state is COVID-19 free.

According to him, “Contact tracing should be carried out house-to-house to identify those who might have made contact with the alleged Kogi COVID-19 index persons; the Chief Imam of Kabba and his son within the local government.

“The Kogi State incident management team should continue to thoroughly carry out the contact tracing. The contact tracing and enforcement of the lockdown order shall be fully covered by the mainstream media.

“Health workers who might have made contact with the alleged index case should proceed on self-isolation. All security agencies in the state are to enforce total compliance with the lockdown order. All citizens and residents of the state should continue to adhere to the NCDC guideline as the state still remains COVID-19 free.”

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