Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Government has announced the recovery and discharge of additional 93 COVID-19 patients.
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a statement on Monday said that 1,512 patients had so far been discharged from isolation centres in the state.
“Good people of Lagos, 93 more #COVID19 Lagos patients: 16 females and 77 males including 11 foreign nationals were discharged from our isolation facilities today to reunite with the society”.
“The patients: 11 from Agidingbi, 22 from Gbagada, 36 from Lekki, 8 from Eti-Osa (LandMark), 9 from Onikan and 7 from LUTH isolation centres were discharged after full recovery and testing negative for COVID-19”.
The State government on Sunday unveiled a 150-bed isolation centre at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba donated by the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19.
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“We are committing to putting in place a purpose built international infectious disease research centre in this hospital post-COVID. We will ramp up our infrastructure and capacity and will definitely not wait for a pandemic to come upon us again before everything is in place”.
The governor noted that COVID-19 is real and” we owe it a duty to tell you to remain cautious. It is only when we take precautionary measures that this virus can be defeated”.
He however reiterated the importance wearing a facemask in public spaces, practicing hand hygiene and physical distancing.
