COVID19 Delta variant: Oyo State Records Deaths, Commence Contact Tracing

This is according to the state Incident Manager and Coordinator of the Emergency Operations Centre, Dr. Olabode Ladipo, who spoke to journalists on Monday, July 12.

According to him, contact tracing has commenced, while one person has been isolated and receiving medical attention at one of the state isolation facilities.

"Contact tracing is ongoing. Two of the cases are deceased but contact tracing is ongoing. As it is, one of contact is currently in isolation in the state facility but let me assure you that every form of effort is being proved to ensure that all the contact of everyone that we have received so far in the last two, three weeks are followed up and anyone of them that is positive, we will ensure that isolation is givenÔÇØ he said.

Speaking on vaccination, Ladipo said;

"Yes, we have been vaccinated. Vaccines have been given but we need to also understand that in Oyo State just like in any other state of the federation just around one per cent of the population has been vaccinated that leaves a chunk that is still there.

"In Oyo state, we have been able to vaccinate about 90,000 people and in a state where the population of people is about 8.9 million, it has not reach the threshold that should be able to confer any form of herd immunity in population.''