Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, said arrangements have been finalised for the take off of the state’s Covid-19 testing centre, adding that testing for coronavirus would commence at the centre before the end of the week.
Fayemi disclosed this during an on-the-spot assessment of facilities at the expanded Infectious Disease Unit at the Oba Adejugbe General Hospital, Ado-Ekiti.
“This week, we will be formally launching our testing centre at the teaching hospital. So, I’m confirming it to you.” Fayemi told journalists after the inspection.
He explained that the testing centre would help the state test as many people as possible as part of government’s efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the state.
The expansion of the state’s isolation centre to a 100-bed capacity is a proactive step to prepare against a possible surge in the number of patients.
The governor, who put the present capacity of the centre for Covid-19 patients at 10 beds, stated that the state already has 10 active patients, while the results of some contacts were being expected.
The development, according to him, has justified government’s plan to expand the centre to a 100-bed capacity.
Fayemi said: “We are expanding our infectious disease hospital bed space, as you know we have just 10-bed space in the one we are using now but there is an increase and we have to prepare for the worst while we hope for the best.
“We want a reduction in the number of Covid-19 positive patients in the state, but right now, we have about 10 active cases, that means all our beds there are fully occupied. So, we have had to then expand to a hundred-bed space. If we have additional patients, we are prepared for them”.
