COVID-19: Osun Issues Public Service Announcement Over 49 New Returnees From Ivory Coast

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy in the State of Osun Funke Egbemide has issued a Public Service Announcement on the new batch of 49 returnees from Ivory Coast through Lagos.

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The statement made available to SOJ WORLDWIDE ONLINE NEWS was issued to allay the fears of residents on the health status of the returnees.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT:

This is to officially ALLAY the fears and panic in the public informed by insinuations that the State Government of Osun allowed a new batch of Ivory Coast returnees into the State, after the first experience which led to a surge of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease in the state.

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The State Government wishes to set the record straight, thus:

49 indigenes of Osun yesterday returned to the state. 41 are from Ejigbo and 8 from Iwo. We have an official  report  showing they all have tested negative for COVID-19.

These 49 indigenes of Osun, on arrival from Ivory Coast, were graciously received by the Lagos State Government at the Nigeria-Benin border, were quarantined for 14-days in Lagos State’s facility in Badagry where they were tested for COVID-19 infection during the period. Those who tested positive to the disease were moved into Isolation Wards in Lagos, while those who tested negative to the infection were cleared and those from Osun  were allowed to return to State of Osun, their destination.

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The State Government of Osun hereby assures its citizens that there is no cause for alarm or reason to panic. The returnees who were accepted into the State have been certified to join the society by the appropriate agencies of the government. Hence, they pose no risk or threat to the people of Osun.

The State Government urges its citizens  continue to trust that this administration is committed to protecting the people of Osun with everything within its powers.

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Signed:

Funke Egbemode Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation

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