The Ogun State Government says it shut down four out of its six isolation centres for COVID-19 patients because it had only 18 patients on admission.

The government said it decided to close the four centres while it continued to operate the COVID-19 isolation and treatment centres at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu; and the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.

The COVID-19 Incident Manager in the state, Dr Kayode Soyinka, made this known recently while giving an update at a media roundtable organised by state Primary Health Care Development Board and the Society for Family Health in Abeokuta, the state capital.