Chairman, Task Force on COVID-19 in Imo state, Professor Maurice Iwu, yesterday, Tuesday 6th April 2020 said that the Fancy Hotel in Imo State, that was locked down over the Coronavirus pandemic, will be fumigated tomorrow.
Iwu alongside members of his committee, spoke in Owerri, three days after the staff and guests quarantined in the hotel were released. The chairman further stated that his committee for now has put in efforts in the prevention of the virus in the state.
He said: “This is about the second week since we were inaugurated. We have been working everyday. We have been reviewing some of our plans and it is good that we brief you on it. “We tested some people and they have tested negative. Let me tell the health workers that the the governor has been helpful to us even with the shortest period of time.
“80 percent of our efforts is on prevention. If we have a case, it will be reversed. All we are doing now is prevention. What we are doing now is to reach out to the local government areas because we want everybody to be involved in this battle to defeat this virus.”
He pointed out that, “We as a state is not looking at the FG for help now. We are taking records to know those who need immediate palliatives so as to reach them very fast.”
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On the release of those quarantined at Fancy hotel in Umuguma, he said: “Those quarantined at Fancy hotel, have been released and when they were going, government gave them transport aid. Even when they were there, the government took care of them. There is a plan to fumigate Fancy Hotel on Wednesday this week.”
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