COVID-19: Govt Commends Compliance Level As Part Of Ijesaland Begins One-week Lockdown
The ancient town of Ilesa and its environs were on Tuesday deserted as the 7-day lockdown order imposed on four local government areas in Ijesaland by the state government commenced.
The enforcement team of the lockdown has described the observance of the lockdown as “impressive”.
The state government had last Saturday ordered a total lockdown of Ilesa West, Ilesa East, Atakumosa East and Atakunmosa West as part of efforts to contain the community transmission of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic within the axis.
The affected four councils are parts of the six local government areas that make up Ijesa-South and Ijesa-North Federal Constituencies of Osun East Senatorial District.
The State’s enforcement team on COVID-19, on Tuesday morning, stormed the affected local government areas to enforce the lockdown measures ordered by the government.
The team, led by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Adebayo Adeleke, said members of the team were on ground to enforce the government’s directives and assess the level of compliance.
Speaking on the level of compliance, the leader of the enforcement team, said it was encouraging and impressive.
It will be recalled that the government had in a statement lamented the surge in the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in the State in the last one month and said there was the need to take measures to arrest the trend.
Osun has recorded a total of 178 confirmed cases so far, out of which it had successfully treated and discharged 84 patients. The State currently has a total of 87 active cases and it has recorded seven deaths since the outbreak of the virus.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who also spoke during the week, noted that medical analysis revealed that many of the recent cases of COVID-19 recorded in the State were from Ilesa axis and its environs, hence the need for government to impose a total lockdown to curb community transmission of the pandemic.