KWARA VOWS TO PUNISH INTERSTATE TRAVEL VIOLATORS
Kwara State Government has vowed to inflict a penalty to those who defy its interstate travel ban.
The Deputy Governor and Chairman of COVID-19 Technical Committee, Kayode Alabi, said this, yesterday, at a meeting with Traditional Rulers in Ilorin, the State Capital.
The Deputy Governor said some of the COVID-19 index cases in the state were non-residents intercepted by security personnel.
He admonished the executive members of the community to inform their people to stay anywhere they are until the end of the pandemic.
The Deputy Governor stated that “the virus does not show on faces and the moment a carrier mingles with others, it increases community spreading”.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), as at 11.30pm, May 12th, 2020, there are 44 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Kwara State.
Of the 44 cases, 34 are on admission, 9 have been discharged and 1 death has been recorded.
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