Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director-general of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has commended Governor Hope Uzodinma for the measures and efforts so far taken in fighting to stem the spread of the coronavirus known as COVID-19 in the state. He also urged that more tests should be done on the people.
Ihekweazu, who was in the state to inspect facilities on ground for the containment of the coronavirus in the state, said he was confident that necessary things had been put in place in the state for the fight.
On his part, Governor Uzodimma, who noted that the coronavirus pandemic has made great nations look helpless, expressed satisfaction with the level of work and success recorded by the NCDC despite the medical and health constraints of the nation.
He noted the need to test more people for the virus, calling on the NCDC to establish a test Centre in the state to expedite the process of testing the collected samples.
The governor also said that the Orlu Teaching Hospital, which presently has a 200-bed ultra modern Isolation Centre and other facilities could be used to house a laboratory for COVID-19 test and solicited for more support and help from NCDC, just as he urged the agency to partner with the state government in strengthening the system to be more prepared and alert.
The Governor thanked the NCDC DG for sending a team which is presently doing great job in training some medical and technical personnel in the state.
SABY ELEMBA, Owerri
