The Ondo State government says it has recorded no fewer than thirty cases of Corona virus in the last one week, As the State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, expreses concerns over upsurge in coronavirus cases in the state.
In an address delivered by the Governor at the Government House ground, Alagbaka-Akure, Ondo State capital, Akeredolu made it known that It is an occurrence which should not have happened if the necessary precautions were respected and obeyed.
According to Akeredolu, he said, "All the 30 cases recorded within last week ending yesterday are clear cases of community transmission. They are cases of the spread within the communities and within the state from persons to persons"
"They are cases of spread by people who have come into contact with those who had earlier been infected. It is the new trend, it is dangerous and harmful"
"It makes all of us vulnerable. The risk is high, the costs, too enormous to imagine, if not checked in good time. Our responsibilities also are not very few, considering the height of the stakes"
However, Akeredolu urged Residents of the state to cooperate with the Government as to Combat, stem the tide of the the novel virus.
"The 30 cases we recorded in just one week is, to say the least, frightening, embarrassing and a serious message that the killer COVID - 19 is here with us. Indeed, it is at our doorsteps. We must take control by cooperating with the Government in the fight against the spread of the disease", Akeredolu said.
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