Oyo State Government says it has concluded plans to extend coronavirus test to the routine diagnosis for patients at hospitals.
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, in an interview with The Nation on Monday., said it is plan is part of the strategy to conduct fresh 10,000 COVID-19 tests on residents within the next two to three months.
He said the new 10,000 test target is aimed at reaching people in the nooks and crannies of the state.
“Once COVID-19 test is conducted on patients, health workers will be confident about the status of their patients as they administer treatment,” he said.
A number of health workers have been infected with the deadly virus across the globe since it broke out in January this year with a record of few fatalities.
Adisa said the strategy will take testing to many unwilling residents who ordinarily would not come to designated test centres opened by the government in various zones of the state.
He said the testing will commence soon, assuring that a good percentage of test kits were already in the kitty.
The CPS said to meet the target and curb the spread of the virus, the government will partner health institutions and facilities across the state to add COVID-19 test to the basic ones undertaken for patients in determining their actual state of health and ensuring that those to be treated for other ailments do not have Coronavirus.
