Owners of private health centres in Oyo State have been warned against managing Covid-19 cases in their facilities, as this has been linked with the rising number of infections in the State.
The Emergency Operations Centre and the State Covid-19 Technical Task Force, on Saturday, gave this warning, noting that there are 30 approved testing centres including the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, for the purpose of testing samples.
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It added that those suspected to have symptoms of Covid-19 infection should be referred to these centres for testing and that testing for symptomatic or suspected cases is free.
A statement by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa indicated that the Chairman of the State Covid-19 Technical Task Force, Professor Temitope Alonge, gave this warning in a memo addressed to Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers and Managers of private health facilities in the State.
Alonge, in the memo noted and appealed to the health workers to comply strictly with the advisory, reiterating that the Oyo State Government could not afford any depletion in the healthcare workforce due to ill health arising from Covid-19 infection.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
