Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma on Friday May 29 commissioned a 100 bed Isolation Centre located at Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH), Orlu.

The Isolation Centre, donated by Access Bank Plc and described as first class by the Governor, will see to all Covid-19 cases and other diseases that may prevail in future.

The governor while addressing the Mammoth crowd that converged to witness the ceremony, said Imo State is lucky not to have recorded any casualty from Covid-19, unlike other states.

Appreciating Access Bank Plc for their gesture, Uzodinma urged residents to continue to observe the pandemic protocols of hand washing, use of Sanitizers, face mask and social distancing as a way of staying safe from the pandemic.

He also used the opportunity to explain to IMSUTH personnel why their salary has not been paid, promising that as soon as the authorities do what is expected of them, the salary will be credited to their accounts electronically.

Earlier, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Damaris Osunkwo appreciated the Governor for giving the Ministry the needed support to ensure that Imo is free from Covid -19 pandemic.

She disclosed that the Ministry has been able to train 270 Health Workers at the State Level, 2,204 at the local government level, and 4860 community mobilizers who are in the field sensitizing people.

In his remarks, Imo State Chairman of Covid-19 Task Force, Prof. Maurice Iwu said that the centre is the best as all the facilities, brand new and not refurbished. He hailed the  governor for giving Imo State the best of protections through his approach to the containing of the disease.