Ebonyi State governor, Chief David Umahi, Tuesday announced the shutdown of exco-meetings till further noticed as a result of the need to maintain social distance, and curbe the spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Umahi made this known during a state broadcast on coronavirus which took place at his Exco- Chambers government house Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state.<\/p>\n
The Governor said he would hold a partial meeting today, after which, there would be no more meetings until further notice.<\/p>\n
He also bared an Ebonyi man who was alleged to be a driver to one of the commissioners who travailed to China and currently in Lagos state from entering into Ebonyi state.<\/p>\n
The Governor threatened to take drastic action against the man if he dared return to the state without embarking on self-isolation for 14 days.<\/p>\n
Umahi noted that traveling to China at this trying moment in time was like purchasing death while alive.<\/p>\n
He noted that the man was insistent on returning to the state against family and government advice, but it took his intervention to ban him from returning.<\/p>\n
Umahi said he had directed the man to isolate himself in a hotel in Lagos for 14 days at government\u2019s expense or any place of his choice after which he must go for a test before returning to the state.<\/p>\n
The governor, however, said his administration has built two Covid- 19 quarantine centres in Abakaliki and at the boarder between Enugu\/ Ebonyi located at Ishielu LGA.<\/p>\n
According to him: \u201cWe have purchased a number of equipment like temperature gauge, ventilators and isolation cubicles. Our virology laboratory equipment for lassa fever will be deployed for blood sample testing of suspected Covid-19 patients with symptoms before 1st of April, 2020 when we shall have the testing kits.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly three centres are presently doing the testing in Nigeria- Abuja, Lagos, and Edo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen ours comes up by 1st of April, 2020, it shall serve southeast and south south and even North Central,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ebonyi State governor, Chief David Umahi, Tuesday announced the shutdown of exco-meetings till further noticed as a result of the need to maintain social distance, and curbe the spread of coronavirus. Umahi made this known during a state broadcast on coronavirus which took place at his Exco- Chambers government house Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":19167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[941,998],"class_list":["post-22996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-enugu-state","tag-umahi"],"yoast_head":"\n