The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state following the confirmation of two new confirmed cases were confirmed and 84 new suspected infections discovered.

He disclosed this known via a series of tweets on Saturday morning.

This is coming a few hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced that Oyo had recorded three cases of COVID-19.

The governor also banned all inter-states transportation, shuts markets and restricted gatherings to not more than 10 persons.

He tweeted, “The COVID-19 confirmation test for two suspected cases has come back positive. The isolation process has been initiated. 84 Persons of Interest have been identified, and contact tracing and collection of samples have commenced.

“The state’s diagnostic centre set up in collaboration with the University College Hospital is now ready. The @NCDCgov certification is still pending but the Director-General of NCDC has made a pre-statement about the molecular laboratory in Oyo State.