The Lagos state government says it is creating more isolation
centres to address rising cases of COVID-19.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, disclosed this at the
unveiling of MED-IN Pharmaceuticals Intravenous Fluid Factory in Ogun state on
Thursday.
On Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
announced 558 fresh COVID infections.
Lagos recorded over 65 percent of the total single-day
figure with 376 cases.
Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by Akin Abayomi, commissioner
for health, said the state is “under severe stress and strain” by the third
wave of the infection.
He asked members of the public to adhere to COVID-19
guidelines in order to reduce the spread of the virus.
“Let me remind everybody that in Lagos we are under severe
stress and strain of the third wave. We are diagnosing between 100 and 300 new
cases every day,” he said.
“Our isolation facilities are full and filling up every day.
We are creating more space as we speak, I will just like to appeal to everybody
that COVID-19 is not over. We don’t know how many more waves we are going to
experience and so it is important that we stick to the non- pharmaceutical
interventions.
“As I came in here, I saw people shaking hands and hugging;
I think the elbow greeting is appropriate for this time. If you shake someone’s
hand, you are in a position of either transmitting or receiving the virus.
“Let us try and exercise caution, we are struggling in
Lagos, we don’t wish that on other state but we are holding out as much as we
can. We hope that this wave is not going to be larger than the second wave.”
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