Kwara State Government said two new cases of COVID-19 has been recorded, bringing the total number of cases in the state up to 11.
This was disclosed by the governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye.
The governor also said that the lockdown order on the state has been extending by an additional14 days.
The statement read that “the extension of the lockdown of the state by another 14 days to flatten the curve of transmission of the virus — in accordance with the position of the Federal Government and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.”
“The two new cases are contacts of the previously confirmed cases.”
“The lockdown for another two weeks is to reduce the number of cases. As you can see, Kano is going up, Lagos is going up. Even in Kwara, we have two new cases. So, there is a need for boundaries to lockdown.
“Essentially, each state has different policies on lockdown but we want to ensure that people are not moved across boundaries to transmit the virus.”
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