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COVID-19: Kogi govt imposes total lockdown on Kabba/Bunu LGA

Saddam Yusuf Saleh
By Saddam Yusuf Saleh
Published: June 1, 2020
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State
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Governor Yahaya Belo of Kogi State has announced a total lockdown in Kabba/Bunu local government area of the state.

Okay.ng recalls that the state had rejected two index cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

However, the governor in a state-wide broadcast on Monday morning at the government house, Lokoja, restricted movement in Kabba/Bunu starting from 12 am of June 2nd to 15th June, 2020.

Bello also maintained that there is no coronavirus in Kogi State.

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He said: “During the lockdown, there shall be no house-to-house movement within the Local Government Area. street movement is completely prohibited within the local government area for the period.

“Palliative would be distributed from house to house within the Local Government Area. 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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