Category: State

Kunle Adelabu Lagos State Government has discharged 33 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres, bringing to 502 the total number of successfully treated persons in the state. Announcing this in a statement on Tuesday, the Governor of Lagos State and Incident Commander on COVID-19 in the State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said: “Today, 33 more COVID19Lagos patients; 24 males and 9 females, all Nigerians were discharged from our isolation facilities to reunite with the society. “The patients; 17 from Onikan and 16 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) Isolation Centres have fully recovered…

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Kunle Adelabu Lagos State has discharged 21 more coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of cases successfully managed and discharged from the state’s isolation facilities to 469. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who is the incident commander disclosed this in a release today.  He noted that the patients all tested negative twice for the virus upon treatment before they were discharged. “I am happy to inform you that 21 more #COVID19 patients; 4 females and 17 males, all Nigerians have been discharged from our isolation facilities to reunite with the society” Sanwo-Olu…

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Kunle Adelabu Angered by the low compliance level of residents to measures stipulated to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus, the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, May 9, 2020, threatened to lockdown the state again. The governor expressed his displeasure while giving update on the Coronavirus situation in the state. He stated that his administration would not hesitate to review the gradual easing of the lockdown in the state. “As a Government, elected to uphold the security of Lagos State – and this includes health security…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Government on Friday said it has discharged 42 more persons from various isolation facilities in the state. The governor, in a statement, said that 22 male and 20 female discharged were tested negative twice for the virus. “42 more persons; 22 males and 20 females, all Nigerians have been discharged from our Isolation facilities today to reunite with the society” he said “The patients, 32 from Eti-Osa (Landmark), 8 from Lekki and 2 from Onikan Isolation centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative…

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Friday, said the state may possibly record between 90,000 and 120,000 cases of COVID-19 by July or August. The Commissioner speaking at a press briefing held at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, said that with the current trend of the Coronavirus pandemic in the state it is expected to reach its peak by the middle of the year. “We definitely have not reached the peak of our outbreak, we suspect that the peak will happen sometime in July…

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The officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, led by the Honourable Commissioner, Pharmacist (Mrs.) Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, on Thursday embarked on a monitoring exercise of some Eateries and Restaurants in the State. Akinbile-Yusuf, speaking during the exercise, explained that the monitoring was undertaken to determine the level of compliance with the directives of the State Government on social distancing and restriction to take-away packs and orders only by Eateries and Restaurants operating in the State. She said, “Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was clear in his address on…

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Government on Thursday said it has discharged 48 coronavirus patients who have recovered from the disease. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the incident commander said in an update on the deadly virus in the state. “Today, 48 more Covid19Lagos patients; 32 males and 16 females, all Nigerians were discharged from our Yaba, Lekki, Onikan and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation facilities to reunite with the society. “The patients, 28 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 6 from Lekki, 1 from Onikan and 13 from LUTH Isolation…

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered all civil servants in the state to stay away from work, as the total lockdown imposed to combat Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) ends tomorrow, Monday, May 4. Gov. Sanwo-Olu, in a briefing on Sunday at the State House in Marina, said the delayed resumption of the State’s workforce is a deliberate attempt to prevent a development that may lead to a crowding of people on the roads and public places. Only emergency workers and those on essential duties will be allowed to…

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Jare Babatunde Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday said that workers are critical to the growth of the economy, while also describing health workers as heroes for their roles in combating Coronavirus pandemic. The governor also announced that the State Government had put in place additional life and health insurance for all frontline health workers to cater for the hazard they face in the ongoing battle against the virus. He disclosed this at the State House in Marina, where the Lagos State Government and leaders of organised labour unions…

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Kunle Adelabu As part of efforts to curtail the spread of Coronavirus, Lagos State Government in conjunction with the construction giant, Julius Berger today, Monday, April 27, 2020, disinfected major bus stops in Ikorodu. The State Government is partnering Julius Berger on disinfecting and fumigation of some major bus stops and roads in the state. Our reporter witnessed men fully kitted with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) fumigating Idi – Iroko and Majidun BRT Bus stops with the construction giant’s trucks and tanker. Speaking at the flag off of the exercise…

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