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Complacency, Fatigue, As COVID-19 Cases Decline In Osun

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COVID-19 Still Active, Deadly – Isamotu

Cases Reached 784

Complacency and fatigue have set in for residents of the State of Osun on the management of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Residents of the state, OSUN DEFENDER observed, are tired of wearing face masks and keeping physical distance, among other precautionary measures imposed on the management of COVID-19.

They are not also keeping faith with the not-more-than-20-people gathering directive of the state government, as there have been ceremonies and social gatherings of more than 200 people, with total disregard to the COVID-19 rules in almost every part of the state.

OSUN DEFENDER noted that residents of the state are eager to resume their normal daily living activities, which have ceased since the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the state.

As at the time of filing this report, number of COVID-19 cases in the state has reached 784.

It was observed that the number of COVID-19 cases has been reducing in the state for the past one month, while those in isolation centres are also recovering from the virus.

But the Commissioner for Health in the State of Osun, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, warned residents of the state not to trivialise Coronavirus, saying that it is still active and deadly as well.

Isamotu, who sounded this note of caution on the people of the state in an interview with OSUN DEFENDER yesterday, maintained that people are still contracting and dying of COVID-19, against the impression in some quarters that the virus has disappeared.

He called on the people to continue observing COVID-19 precautionary measures of physical distancing, use of face mask, application of alcohol-based sanitiser and regular hand washing.

According to Isamotu, Osun is far below the predicted figure of COVID-19 cases because of the proactive and strategic steps taken by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, saying that Osun has been able to curtail the spread of the virus effectively.

The commissioner said: “I want to tell our people that COVID-19 is still very much around, active and deadly. Coronavirus is still killing people; many are currently in isolation centres. We are lucky in Osogbo for being able to curtail the spread of the virus, and this is largely traceable to the proactive and strategic steps taken by Mr. Governor.

“Osun is far from the predicted figure of COVID-19 cases. But that does not mean the virus has disappeared. The virus is still with us and I want to urge our people to continue observing all precautionary measures.

“It is true that the cases are declining but that is as a result of COVID-19 fatigue. Generally, people are getting tired of the virus. This is not peculiar to Osun, it is all over the world. We just pray this virus goes away on time”.

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Oyo Returnee, One Other Test Positive As COVID-19 Cases In Osun Hit 47

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The State of Osun has recorded additional two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the State to 47.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, had on Tuesday confirmed one of the two cases while result of the test of another case returned positive today.

He revealed that one of the two cases was a returnee from Ibadan, and the other is a resident of Ikire, who also had contact with her visitor from Ibadan.

He added that the two patients are nursing serious ailments.

Isamotu said with the discovery of two new cases, the number of active cases in the State now stands at seven, as at 3rd June, 2020.

“The State has recorded two new cases, bringing the number of active cases in the State to seven. Sadly, the two newly recorded cases are nursing serious ailments that have significantly depressed their immune status,” the Commissioner disclosed.

Isamotu urged residents of the State to continue to abide by the measures put in place by the State government in ensuring that the Coronavirus is contained.

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COVID-19: Osun To Embark On Active Case Search – Isamotu

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The State Government of Osun will soon embark on active case search to assess the level of community transmission of the novel Coronavirus in the state.

According to the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, the active case search entails going into neighbourhoods and communities to test people for the COVID-19 as being done in Lagos State.

Isamotu, in an interview with OSUN DEFENDER yesterday disclosed that the government was putting in place necessary logistics for a hitch-free exercise, including test, quarantine and admission of those tested positive for the virus.

He noted that the new 150-bed isolation centre inaugurated by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola last week will further help the state in its quest to prepare for any emergency, adding that efforts were also in place to improve the testing capacity of the State of Osun.

Isamotu explained: “I believe we need more isolation centres. I have no doubt in my mind that by the time we begin what we call active case search, they would be very useful. There are a few other things we need to put in place. The only place we do our test is the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) accredited Centre in Ede. We want to increase the testing capacity and the test centers we are using.

“I know Osun State University (UNIOSUN) is working on something similar, ditto for the Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH). NCDC has promised to help us configure the machine we use to diagnose people with tuberculosis. By the time we do that and we begin active testing, we would have the place and the needed materials to treat those that return positive.”

The Commissioner for health asserted that the state needed community testing to ascertain the level of spread of the pandemic; with a call on the people to provide the needed support to health workers when the process begins.

He said: “When we go into the communities, into people’s homes to look for people that would certify case definition of those that need to be tested, obviously, we are going to have an awful number of people that would be positive for COVID-19. By the time we do that and we have no place to put them, it would be scandalous and shameful.

“Nobody prays that we have an exponential increase in the number of people that would have the virus, but if you look at the number of cases in Lagos, you will have your fear. If they had not gone in the view of active case search, a lot of people would just be dropping dead and we would have an underlining pathological mobility. Look at what happened in Kano, we do not want such to happen in Osun. We want to be overprepared rather than be underprepared.

“Our people need to know what is happening in the western world, those who have capacity and capability to contain this thing are sweating. What capacity do we have in Nigeria and Africa? The most important thing is that within the limit of what we have, we should just be prepared.

“Nobody likes to fail. We do not want to fail in our state, we want to be overprepared and if things now become easy, absolutely, we have nothing to lose.”

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