Edo Intensifies Campaign To Check Spread Of COVID-19

Edo State Government has intensified campaigns against the spread of coronavirus and deployed health officials to the Benin Airport and motor parts to screen travellers coming into the state.
Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, said this during a meeting with stakeholders in the health sector and the representative of World Health Organisation (WHO), at Government House in Benin.
“Coronavirus is completely different from Lassa fever. Contact is also there, but the sneezing and coughing is one critical thing we need to look at. From the state government end, we are very cautious of those entering our state.
“We are also looking at the motor parks and the Benin Airport. We need to start our screening from the entry points into the state. Our health workers and our partners will be deployed to these flash points.
“If any case is reported in any of the motor parks or the airport; if any passenger is suspected, our team in these parks will have to quarantine them. We will also commence temperature check in our motor parks and the Benin airport, to be sure those coming in and out are free from the disease.
“We will intensify public sensitisation. The purpose of this meeting is to step up the level of preparedness from our health experts,” he said.
In a related development The Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) in Edo, has advised the general public to adhere to personal hygiene and other health guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state.
The President of MWAN, Edo chapter, Dr Adesuwa Urhoghide-Edigin, gave the advice at an awareness programme on Coronavirus in Ekiosa market on Sunday in Benin in partnership with Edo SUBEB and Eduplay.
Urhoghide-Edigin stressed the need for usage of hands sanitisers to contain the spread of the virus in the state.
According to her, coronavirus can be prevented through regular washing of hands with soap, distancing of oneself from sick people, avoid crowds, make sure you and the people around you take serious good hands hygiene and clean the floors and surfaces with bleach.