A driver at the Ondo State Infectious Disease Hospital who helps in transporting samples for test has contracted Corona Virus in the course of duty.

The governor of Ondo State, while giving an update on the fight against the virus in Akure, said two other casual staff of the hospital has been confirmed to be carriers of the virus.

He regretted that in spite of the measures put in place by the government to curb the spread of the virus, residents of the state had continued to defy directives, putting many lives at the risk.

Akeredolu described the driver and the two casual workers in the wards as heroes.