Oyo State government is converting isolation centres built in the wake of the coronavirus, to Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCS), just as it has suspended the 10 pm to 4 am curfew earlier imposed to check the spread of the disease.
The decision to suspend the curfew followed a report by the state task force on Covid-19, headed by Governor Seye Makinde, which was deliberated upon during a meeting held on August 31, 2020.
However, the state task force has warned operators of night clubs to desist from accommodating persons within their premises as research has confirmed that the virus spreads faster when people cluster in closed venues.
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“An advisory will be sent to night clubs owners by the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) arm of the task force, which will warn operators not to allow guests into their enclosed areas.
Also, the residents of the state are warned to continue to follow the ‘Own Your Action’ initiative of the state Covid-19 task force, “as the is not completely out of the woods with regards to the disease-19.”
The report further stated that the decision to suspend the curfew was also premised on the need to reduce the burden on business owners in the state, whom, it said, have been affected by the curfew.
According to the task force, though it appears that Covid-19 cases are reducing in the state, “the confidence interval could not be determined yet.”
