Category: Health

Wale Jagun Lagos State Government has commenced a house – to – house case identification to detect possible cases of COVID-19 in the State. According to a release. Lagos Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this during a joint Ministerial Press briefing on COVID-19 intervention held on Thursday in Alausa, Ikeja’ He said that the Coronavirus case identification campaign tagged the ‘Community Active Case Search’ commenced on Monday 6th April, 2020 and is expected to run for two weeks in the first instance across the State. Abaomi explained that…

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday evening announced that the state government would henceforth treat certain categories of patients free of charge in its secondary health facilities to cushion the effects of lockdown of the state to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this while giving the Fifth COVID-19 update on the ongoing lockdown of the state, said the measure was an intervention by the state government to cushion the effects on the lockdown on the people especially the vulnerable members of the society. According to…

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Lagos State Government on Monday discharged five coronavirus patients who were admitted to and treated at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital. The survivors are four males and one female, bringing the total number of survivors from the center to eight. The survivors were quarantined and treated at the isolation centre for two weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus. The survivors who preferred to remain anonymous looked stable and unruffled, saying they felt very happy they had been given a clean bill of health. They expressed joy and…

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The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) is set to commence enforcement operation against health facilities that do not dispose of their medical waste properly. The Managing Director, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, gave the hint when he spoke against the backdrop of the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic and the need to curb the spread of infectious diseases in the State. He said monitoring activities of the Agency revealed that many private and public health facilities still mix their waste which is potentially hazardous and capable of harming health waste haulers, refuse workers and…

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As part of the preventive measures to further curb the spread of COVID-19, Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has held a sensitisation meeting with the Executives of major Stakeholders in the transport business, including the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). The meeting which was held at the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja was aimed at educating the stakeholders in the transport system on the need to join hands with the State Government in the public awareness campaign against the spread of…

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Our Reporter The Lagos State Government has urged residents to reduce all forms of public and social gatherings as part of preventive measures to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus disease in the State. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who stated this Wednesdat while giving updates on COVID19 in Lagos, advised that citizens should observe and practise the principle of ‘Social Distancing’ which is a public health strategy to slow down the spread of contagious diseases such as COVID19. In keeping with the advisory on ‘Social Distancing’, Abayomi tasked…

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In a bid to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the Lagos State Government has stated that it will request religious leaders to stop Friday (Juma’at) and Sunday Church Services across the state. The Nation report that the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, stated this on Wednesday at a briefing. He said the religious leaders will be advised to shut down services in the interest of the public. He said this a few hours after Lagos recorded its seventh coronavirus case. “We are all aware that…

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Lagos has recorded a new case of the Coronavirus disease, popularly known as COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to three. According to the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the third confirmed case is a 30-year old Nigerian who returned from the United Kingdom on 13th of March via British Airways flight BA 075, having spent 10 days in the United Kingdom and had been on self-isolation before developing fever and high cough. Abayomi stated that the patient had complied strictly with isolation principles which…

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