Coronavirus: Gov Fayemi of Ekiti in self-isolation

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has gone into self-isolation over the Coronavirus disease, having come in contact with two people having covid-19.

He didn’t mention any name but Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari tested positive for coronavirus last Wednesday.

Also, Governor of Bauchi State, Abdulkadir Muhammed disclosed that he had tested positive for the virus yesterday.

Fayemi had contact with the duo recently.

While advising Ekiti citizens not to panic over the development, he said that he took the precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the disease.

The governor broke the news on his twitter handle on Tuesday that he had self-isolated, following shocking revelation that some top presidential aides and his colleague governors had tested positive to the disease.

Fayemi, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Yinka Oyebode, said: “No cause for alarm, I just took this step as a normal precautionary measures.”

Fayemi pointed out that “with the circumstance we find ourselves today, every citizen must engage in personal hygiene and take actions that can help us overcome this challenge and that exactly I have done.

“I have come in contact with those having suspected cases and I felt I have to do this to help the situation,” he said.

Fayemi urged the citizens to abide by the directive on social distancing and hand washing to safeguard the state from the disease.