The Edo State Government Taskforce on coronavirus (COVID-19) has urged religious leaders to support the government in reducing community transmission by enforcing the state’s coronavirus safety protocols.
Addressing journalists in Benin City after monitoring compliance of the state’s coronavirus safety protocols at worship centres, Mr Simeon Idoko, who led the monitoring team, said worship centres in the state need to strengthen compliance of the safety protocols and guidelines to check the spread of the pandemic.
He said, “After visiting a number of churches, we observed that most of the churches have intensified measures to comply with the COVID-19 protocols with the deployment of handwashing facilities, use of infrared thermometer and insisting on proper use of facemasks and hand sanitizers.