IMO RECORDS ADDITIONAL 25 COVID-19 CASES

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE
PRESS RELEASE
Imo Records Additional 25 Covid-19 Cases
 
Pursuant to theirpromise to update Imo people on the latest developments concerning the dreadedcorona virus disease otherwise called COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19Prevention and Control Committee Taskforce set up by the Governor of Imo State,Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has briefed newsmen in their office atOdenigbo, opposite Deputy Governor’s office, Owerri, Imo State.
 
Informing the press onthe latest development, The Chairman of the Committee, Prof. Maurice Iwu saidthat Imo has recorded 25 more cases from a test of 96 suspected carriers of theCOVID-19 disease.
 
This case is as aresult of the vigilance of the Committee in collaboration with the securityagencies who intercepted some vehicles carrying passengers across the State,and on subjecting the commuters to COVID-19 testing, it was discovered that 25,out of the 96 passengers tested positive to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
 
The Chairman whoexpressed displeasure over the incidence reiterated the stand of the Committeethat everybody must continue to observe the NCDC protocols of COVID-19,especially the need for people to stay wherever they are for now since theproblem is not yet over. In his words: “We are not out of the woods yet.”
 
Answering questionsfrom the press, he informed that only one out of the 25 was destined for Owerriand is already in one of the Isolation centres.
 
 
Oguwike Nwachuku
Chief PressSecretary/Media Adviser
May 26, 2020

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