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Oyo records 7 new COVID-19 cases

By : NAN

Date: 25 May 2020 9:43am WAT

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Neonatologist Valentina Gerginova holds a dose of BCG vaccine in Vita private hospital in Sofia on May 20, 20120. - As labs test if the traditional BCG anti-tuberculosis vaccine offers any protection against coronavirus, Bulgaria is holding its breath in the hope of new markets for the millions of BCG doses it makes every year. Bulgaria would benefit several times over if the BCG vaccine proves to be effective against the coronavirus: the Balkan country is a major producer of the vaccine. (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP)

Neonatologist Valentina Gerginova holds a dose of BCG vaccine in Vita private hospital in Sofia on May 20, 20120. - As labs test if the traditional BCG anti-tuberculosis vaccine offers any protection against coronavirus, Bulgaria is holding its breath in the hope of new markets for the millions of BCG doses it makes every year. Bulgaria would benefit several times over if the BCG vaccine proves to be effective against the coronavirus: the Balkan country is a major producer of the vaccine. (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP)

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Oyo State has recorded seven new confirmed cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the state to 240.

The seven new cases were among the latest 313 recorded in 17 states by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that of the 240 recorded cases as at Sunday, 171 were reported as active in the state.

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Meanwhile, the Oyo State COVID-19 Taskforce has relaxed the curfew in the state from between 7 p.m and 5 a.m to between 8 p.m and 5 a.m in spite of the daily increase in cases in the state.

The taskforce, however, said community testing would commence by the end of this week while health workers selected to participate in the exercise would begin training from Wednesday.

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