Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Nigeria’s mega city State of
Lagos hits by deadly Coronavirus, is angry that unscrupulous people have
capitalised on outbreak of the disease in the state to hike prices of face
masks, sanitizers, among others.
Sanwo-Olu visited the Public Health Emergency Operations
Centre Epidemiology Division, Yaba, Lagos on Sunday where the index case, an
Italian is currently being isolated, monitored and treated.
The Italian was in Lagos last week and later went to Lafarge
in Ogun State where he was diagnosed of Coronavirus and brought to Lagos for
isolation and treatment.
Sanwo-Olu, who was at the centre with his deputy governor, Dr. Olatunji Hamzat said he
was satisified with the level of professional commitment by professionals
working at the centre, saying that “We are hoping that all of these will get
behind us very quickly, but we have all the machinery to deal with it.”
According to the governor, “We’ll continue to scale up
advocacy with the various stakeholders that needs to be aware and members of
the public would be informed adequately. Various medical professionals, both
national, international, regional and security operatives are here
communicating with one another and exchanging information.”
The governor said “the power security lab is also good, it
is done in collaboration with Canadian government, it is a facility that has
four levels of power. There is 60KVA solar panel with an inverter, generator
and the power security lab is also on the grid. The level of research going on
there is comparable with anyone in the world. The environment is safe and
secured.”
Sanwo-Olu stated that Lagosians must take both personal and
environmental hygiene very seriously, saying “it must become part of our lives
not when we have incidences like this that we begin to learn how to wash our
hands or how to secure our environment and how to live healthy.
“People that developed immunity against this type of
diseases are people that eat well, sleep well, and live in safe and secured
environment. We’ll continue to do everything that is expected of us as
government and we’ll continue to provide resources needed by the professionals
here, to make this place as comfortable as possible.
“In the event that there are other victims, there are other
containment centers. We are collaborating with the federal government, National
Disease Control Centre, WHO, UNICEF and African Union.”
The governor lamented that some Nigerians are taking
advantage of the crisis at hand to make money by hiking prices of preventive
items.
“This is not the means to enrich yourselves, people are
abusing a rare opportunity, this is not laughable and not what anybody wishes
for, people hoarding things and selling 500 percent above the normal price, we
should ask ourselves what kind of people are we? We should be our brothers
keepers.”
Below is a video of the governor and his deputy putting on
the protective gear.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayRight now! I am supervising the kitting up of the Incident Commander @jidesanwoolu and Dep. Gov @drobafemihamzat with the Personal Protective Equipment for Healcare workers involved in handling pathogens of high consequences like #Ebola, #LassaFever and #COVID19 #ForAGreaterLagos pic.twitter.com/yb2SpuNKHJ— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) March 1, 2020
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