Imo has treatment facilities, not isolation hubs, state government declares

The Imo State Government has said it has no isolation centres for suspected carriers of the dreaded coronavirus.

It explained that the suspected victims of the virus were on quarantine, while results of the tests conducted on them would be released on Thursday, April 2, 2020 (today).

A member of the Imo State COVID -19 prevention Taskforce, Dr. Dunga Kingsley, made the disclosure while speaking on a Peoples Voic, programme in an Owerri-based private radio station, Darling FM.

Kingsley, who is also state Chairman of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists, said, “What we have in Imo State is treatment centres and not isolation centres.

“We are not playing politics with coronavirus disease by showcasing places like that. Because of the hue and cry, I am sure the state government is doing something, at least one in every location.”

  However, the Imo State House of Assembly led by its Speaker, Chiji Collins has moved a motion urging Governor Hope Uzodinma to appoint chairmen of Interim Management Committee (IMC) for the 27 council areas of the state.

Representative of Aboh Mbaise, Eddy Obinna, moved the motion, saying the appointments would assist to fight the coronavirus disease ravaging the world.