Kwara govt: One of the three new COVID-19 cases imported

•Soldiers to take charge of boundaries

The Kwara state Government has revealed that one of the three newly confirmed coronavirus cases in the state is imported.

The government further announced that soldiers are now to man the state boundaries while police take charge of internal operations.

According to a statement sent to THE INFORMANT247 by the governor’s spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye on Friday, he quoted the deputy governor, Kayode Alabi to have said, “We want to emphasise that one of the three new cases was imported while the remaining two are contacts of our earlier cases. Aggressive contact tracing has since begun. This incident of another imported case explains why we are now deploying military personnel to man our borders while police and other security agencies maintain their hold internally.”