The Oyo State COVID-19 Decontamination and Containment Team, led by Professor Olanike Adeyemo, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research Innovation, and Strategic Partnerships), University of Ibadan, has developed post lockdown Covid-19 containment guidelines for the state.
Prof. Adeyemo, who made this known today while speaking with newsmen, said that the guidelines will give a clear picture of what the ‘new normal’ entails.
The team leader stated that as the government is moving to the next level of containing the spread of coronavirus in the state, there is a need to ensure that the citizens are continually educated about the dangers associated with the pandemic.
According to her, an advisory booklet titled, “Post Lockdown Covid-19 Containment Guidelines”, has been “prepared to provide information, practical measures and guidance required for reducing the possibility of spread of COVID-19 in the process of engaging in daily activities in Oyo State”.
The 18-page booklet put together by a 10-man panel, which is a synergy between government, academia and industry, spells out necessary measure that should be put in place in the operation of and interaction in public access premises like banks, schools, offices, shopping malls, restaurants, markets, churches and mosques with heavy human traffic and crowding in order to ensure that a new wave of infection is not triggered.
The booklet also addresses the responsibility of individuals in containing the spread of the virus: “Every individual is also expected to be responsible and responsive enough in protecting themselves as well as protecting others from contracting COVID-19 while going about daily activities. For example, everyone is expected to wear a facemask and also have alcohol-based hand sanitizers with them for intermittent use while out in public”.
It also states that “care must also be taken to avoid stigmatizing people who may have been exposed to the virus”.
