COVID-19: UCH Ibadan has Been Approved As Test Centers -Makinde Reveals

Governor Seyi Makinde has gotten the confirmation and certification from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to use the Diagnostic Centre at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan for treatment and testing COVID-19 Victims.

Naija News Understands that Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State made this known on his Twitter handle. here is  tweets below

2. The diagnostic centre at the University College Hospital, Ibadan has been certified by the @NCDCgov and is now fully operational. This will improve turnaround time for testing and enable us to test more people.

— Seyi Makinde (@seyiamakinde) March 29, 2020

He said the development would improve turnaround time for testing. He also stated that the dusk to dawn curfew between 7 pm and 6 am took effect from Sunday, adding that there should be “no gathering of more than ten people anywhere in Oyo State.”

According to him, all markets will also be closed except those selling perishable food items.“Also, inter-state transportation into and out of the state has been suspended from Sunday, March 29, except vehicles carrying food items, medical, pharmaceuticals and petroleum products.” All measures will be reviewed on a weekly basis, ” he tweeted.

The number of confirmed cases in Oyo had risen to seven on Sunday.