Imo State Task Force on Covid-19 is engaging various agencies of government, and extra-ministerial departments in the war against Coronavirus.
Chairman of the Task Force, Professor Maurice Iwu, made this known to news men shortly after their meeting in Owerri.
In Imo State, an average of 2064 samples are collected in a day while 399 have so far tested tested positive.
Professor Iwu traced the exponential spread of the virus to the inability of residents to wear facemask.
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Meanwhile, the speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Chiji Collins, expressed gratitude to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control for its prompt response when Covid-19 rocked the state House of Assembly.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
