09/04/20
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DANIELS G. O
THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED ALL RESIDENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE LOCKDOWN INSTRUCTIONS UNTIL FURTHER DIRECTIVES COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE NEXT LINE OF ACTION.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED ON THURSDAY DURING AN INTER MINISTERIAL BRIEFING TO GIVE A SITUATION UP DATE ABOUT THE RAVAGING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
AT THE BRIEFING, THE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH PROFESSOR AKIN ABAYOMI HINTED THAT SEVEN MORE PATIENTS WILL BE DISCHARGED LATER IN THE DAY.
ABAYOMI GAVE INSIGHT ON HOW LAGOS STATE HAS BEEN PREPARING AN EMENGENCY LIKE COVID-19 IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EBOLA OUTBREAK.
HE MADE IT KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC THAT PATIENTS WHO DIE OF THE CORONA VIRUS WERE ALSO AGENTS OF TRANSMISSION, AND SO COULD NOT BE BURIED LIKE OTHER PEOPLE WHO DIED A NORMAL DEATH.
ON THE CONTROVERSY OF WEARING NOSE MASK FOR PROTECTION AGAINST CORONA VIRUS, THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE LP95 MASKS WAS THE ONLY USEFUL MASK FOR PREVENTION.
AT THE MOMENT, LAGOS STATE WHICH IS THE EPICENTRE FOR THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN NIGERIA HAS A TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF 145,32 DISCHARGED,AND 2 DEATHS.
THE STATE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE DEADLY VIRUS HAS ALSO ACTIVATED MORE ISOLATION CENTERS TO CATER FOR PATIENTS AS WELL AS IMPROVED TEST CAPACITY TO OVER 150 PERSONS PER DAY.
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