Umahi suggests nationwide lockdown to end spread of COVID-19

The Governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi on Wednesday suggested for a nationwide lockdown nation to halt further spread of coronavirus in the country.

“I want to commend Mr. President in the manner and wisdom he is handling this pandemic,” he said in his state broadcast.

“You see, when the lockdown was there the cases were trickling in but when the lockdown was relaxed, the cases are coming in surprising manner.

“I expect another serious lockdown if the cases continue to increase like this and this will be by consensus agreement of the general public. We have to lockdown to defeat this monster that is called COVID-19”.

The Governor also said the latest four cases, which took Ebonyi’s tally to 13 are all returnees.

“We have recorded 13 coronavirus cases shockingly and surprisingly in Ebonyi state now.

“The first treatment centre has a total of 26 facility rooms and in the next seven days, we will be opening ultramodern emergency hospital ward we were constructing but now, we are turning it to 300-bed isolation centre here in Abakaliki,” he stressed.