Don’t Come Home For Now, Ikpeazu Warns Abians Outside State, Vows To Close Down Mortuaries.
The governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has asked people of the State living in places with rising COVID-19 cases to remain where they are till the pandemic is over, saying that the interstate travel ban in the state is still in force despite the partial relaxation of the lockdown.
He also cautioned mortuary attendants not to receive corpses of individuals suspected to have died of COVID-19 without obtaining a permit from relevant authorities in the state, warning that violation of this instruction will lead to a total closure of such facilities.
In a release signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, the governor expressed regret that despite the ban on interstate travels in the state, a family recently sneaked into the state during the weekend with the corpse of their father who allegedly died of COVID-19 in Kano and was ferried to a community in Umuahia South LGA where unsuspecting citizens have been going to mourn with them unprotected.
To this end, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has directed the ministry of homeland security to immediately ensure that everyone in the compound of the affected family is quarantined pending when the medical rapid response team has fully collected and tested samples of all those involved including their visitors/mourners.
