COVID-19 Second Wave: Ekiti Govt. Releases New Guidelines To Curb Spread

The Ekiti State Government, on Wednesday, unveiled measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 as its second wave continues to ravage on across the world.

Governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi, while taking a cue from the federal government, announced that schools are to remain closed till January 18 while worship centres will return to a single service per week with vigils prohibited.

“Churches and mosques are to enforce all the existing protocols and should return to only one service on Friday, Saturday or Sunday as the case may be. Other weekly activities and congregational gatherings should be put on hold till further notice,” the governor said.

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According to him, “protocols regarding wedding and burial ceremonies remain in force. There should be no crowd in the church auditorium and burial services must be graveside only.”

The governor also stated that recent results of COVID-19 tests carried out in the state is threatening..

“As at two days ago, we had done a total of 7,890 tests with 405 confirmed cases since the outbreak. We have about 30 active cases currently under treatment in our isolation center.

“One frightening fact about these figures however is that we have recorded about 15 cases out of about 170 tests conducted in the last one week. This is near 10% of cases as against the less than 5% that we used to have at the beginning of the pandemic, earlier in the year”.