Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya this Friday, announced relaxes of Covid-19 lockdown with curfew from 8pm to 6am taking effect from Monday 25th May, 2020.
This announcement was made known in a statewide broadcast held in the early hours of today.
The governor urged residents to comply with all laid down precautionary measures to contain the community spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The statement read in parts, “our case management strategy is yielding encouraging results. So far, a total of 1,272 samples were collected and sent for testing out of which 124 turned out positive and were all isolated and managed according to the guidelines issued by the NCDC.”
“87 of the confirmed cases have so far fully recovered and were discharged with only 1 death recorded in the state. Currently, there are 36 active cases in our state. As evidenced by these statistics, Gombe State is recognised by the NCDC as one of the states in the country that is effectively and efficiently managing this pandemic in accordance with international best practices.” he said.
“Following persistent calls for the government to re-open worship centres for congregational prayers, Gombe State government held consultative meetings with religious leaders and heads of security agencies in the state to review the restriction order on religious and social activities as a measure to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
“While majority supported the call, some cautiously approved of it. It is against this backdrop that Government has resolved to gradually ease the restrictions in our dear state by re-opening places of worship but with strict adherence and compliance to the following guidelines.”
“While relaxing the restriction order which takes immediate effect, there must be strict observance of social distancing; compulsory wearing of face masks; regular handwashing with soap and water and limiting the number of persons in each congregation to not more than 20-50 persons depending on the size of the worship centre”.
“Similarly, we are also adjusting the curfew time to be from 8 pm to 6 am daily with effect from today, he added.
“Also, civil servants on Grade level 9 and above are hereby directed to resume work with effect from Monday 25th May 2020 while strictly observing the new guidelines in their places of work. However, all other existing measures to curb the spread of the virus especially the ban of commercial motorcycles, interstate travels, closure of all schools and borders shall remain in effect.” he concluded
