Category: COVID-19
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COVID-19 new variant: Health experts warn Ondo residents
Nigerians irrespective of religious and cultural beliefs must take adherence to all precautions against COVID-19 pandemic seriously to prevent the spread of delta variant. Some medical experts in Akure the Ondo State capital gave the advice in a chat with OSRC’s Olatomiwa Donald-Falayi as the World Health Organization confirmed that the new variant has hit…
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Ondo government inaugurates recovery and economic stimulus committee
Ondo State government has inaugurated a steering committee on Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NGC-CARE). Government House correspondent, Jighimo Ebi-Emi reports that governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said the committee will facilitate enlistment of the state into Nigeria’s CARES Programme.
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Ondo Contingent to 20th National Sports Festival undergo Covid-19 test
Ondo state’s Contingent to the 20th National Sports Festival in Edo State have undergone Covid-19 tests in fulfilment of guidelines for admission into the games village. Consisting of 128 athletes, 39 coaches and other officials of the state Sports Council, OSRC’s Abiodun Adewale reports that they are expected to be vaccinated in days ahead.
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Covid-19 Protocols: Ondo Education Commissioner, Agagu urges strict compliance
The Ondo State government has asked school Administrators to design ways of running shift mode of classes to avoid crowded classes capable of escalating the spread of Covid-19. Commissioner for education science and technology, Femi Agagu who led officials of the ministry to monitor covid-19 compliance in some schools in Akure, the State Capital was…
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Covid-19: ODSG threatens to close schools over non-compliance to prevention protocols
The Ondo state government says it will not relent efforts at combatting Coronavirus spread in the state, hence the visit of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Covid-19 to schools in Akure and Ondo towns to monitor compliance to precautionary measures. Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee, Professor Adesegun Fatusi and the Acting Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jibayo…
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Stemming covid-19 2nd wave: ODSG Imposes Mandatory use of Mask in offices
Ondo State government has directed that nobody including civil servants must approach government secretariats without proper wearing of mask. This was the decision reached at the state executive council meeting presided over by governor Oluwaritimi Akeredolu. The council also awarded and approved four infrastructure projects that will cost a total of 7.4 billion naira
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Ondo clergymen call for adherence to COVID-19 protocols as schools resume
Christian clergy in Ondo state have called on administrators, parents and other relevant stakeholders to ensure adherence to COVID-19 precautionary measures for the safety of pupils and students as schools resume for another session. OSRC’s Zaheed Aribisala reports that the clergy also harped on the need for parents and students to seek the face of…
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Ondo to receive 1228 COVID-19 Vaccine doses from FG
Ondo state is to get 1,228 COVID-19 vaccine doses in the proposed first phase of the distribution exercise that will be done by the end of January 2021. Details and conditions for the distribution of 100,000 doses to states released by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) at a virtual meeting with stakeholders…