Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday allayed
the fear of Lagosians on the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus in the state,
saying there is no cause for alarm.
Speaking at a press conference at the State House, Marina,
Sanwo-Olu said the government had begun tracing those who had contacts with the
patient who developed the symptoms in Ogun State, where he had a businesses
meeting on Tuesday after he arrived Lagos from Milan, Italy, on Monday, without
symptoms, but was later referred to Lagos after exhibiting the signs and was
first treated at the Company’s facilities, in Ogun State.
With Surveillance Officers stationed in all the Local
Government and Local Council Development Areas, the state Governor tasked
Lagosians and Nigerians in general on preventive measures through observing
proper personal and environmental hygiene.
Sanwo-Olu, who hinted that there are various levels of
escalation, said the State is constantly in touch with the National Centre For
Disease Control, Federal Government and all other stakeholders while
surveillance, Monitoring and containment would be intensified.
While urging citizens and residents not to panic, Sanwo-Olu
said the patient, who is currently quarantined is in stable condition and under
going a molecular test to really confirm if he is positive to COVID 19.
The governor said tracking mechanisms have been activated
with the support of relevant authorities to identify possible contacts with the
patients, while a number of staff in the company where he is working in Ogun
State and the two hotels where he lodged on arrival in both states were under
surveillance and necessary test.
Giving details of the Italian, Sanwo-Olu said the man
entered Nigeria on the 25th of February from Milan, Italy for a brief business
visit and that “On Tuesday, 25th in the morning he moved to his
business in Ogun State, where he is engaged by a corporate entity. He carried
out business in Ogun State within the
confines of that company on Tuesday and in the early part of Wednesday.
“In that company, he spent the night in their accommodation
with a confine environment, by afternoon, he started to develop symptoms of
high fever and body pains. He was presented to the company’s medical facility, where investigations began. Because, he gave the
history of his origin from Italy, where the disease had broken out, he was
later confined before we were contacted.
“He fell ill on the 26th February and was transferred to
Lagos State Bio-security Facilities for isolation and testing,” he said.
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