COVID-19: Ogun releases schedule for community testing

To further flatten the curve of coronavirus spread in Ogun state, the state government has released a schedule for the free testing of suspected patients of COVID-19.

The schedule contains dates, venues and time for the exercise across all towns, villages and hamlets across the 20 local governments in the state.

Listed are the 20 local governments and their wards with each uniquely allocated medical officers, and scientists who would work on rotational basis to ascertain the COVID-19 status of citizens at dedicated venues and dates designated for the exercise.

Gov Abiodun, in a statement released in Abeokuta on Sunday, urged everyone who falls within the national case definition, especially those with symptoms to come forward and be tested for free.

This, according to him, will reduce the continued possibility of community transmission.

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“Once an infected person or persons is or are identified, s/he is placed under close observation and treated. That’s how we can prevent community transmission,” he said.

Everyone, the statement added, is enjoined to make the best use of this welfare initiative of the state government and be tested for free, so that the state may curtail the spread of the virus.

The state had last week unveiled the protective glass box for the screening exercise to be used by health workers in the state to collect samples for forward testing at the walk-in and drive-through testing centre at the Ijamido Town Hall, opposite Ansar-u-Deen Comprehensive College, Ota.