The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the discharge of seven more COVID-19 patients from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba.
This brings the number of patients discharged in Lagos to 39.
Governor Sanwo-Olu made the announcement through his Twitter handle on Thursday.
He said, “Good people of Lagos, I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal #COVID19 pandemic ravaging the world.
“Today, we discharged 7 more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19.
“This is in a bid to intensify our search for possible cases of #COVID19 in different communities across the State known as *Active Case Search*. These officials can be identified with a #COVID19 outbreak response tag or a letter from the LGA.
“I implore you to give them your maximum support by providing accurate information that would help in containing this #COVID19 pandemic quickly.
“Again, I assure you that at the end of it all, we will be victorious. Thank you”
The discharged patients include one female and six males; three of the male patients are foreign nationals; two Ukrainians and one Italian.
See Tweet Below:
Babajide Sanwo-Oluâś”@jidesanwoolu
Good people of Lagos,
I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is as a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal #COVID19 pandemic ravaging the world.
Today, we discharged 7 more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19
In the coming days, some of our health workers will be moving around in pairs to administer an electronic questionnaire at homes and healthcare facilities to make enquiries about some symptoms like cough, cold and fever.
Babajide Sanwo-Oluâś”@jidesanwoolu
This is in a bid to intensify our search for possible cases of #COVID19 in different communities across the State known as *Active Case Search*.
These officials can be identified with a #COVID19 outbreak response tag or a letter from the LGA.
In the coming days, some of our health workers will be moving around in pairs to administer an electronic questionnaire at homes and healthcare facilities to make enquiries about some symptoms like cough, cold and fever.
Babajide Sanwo-Oluâś”@jidesanwoolu
This is in a bid to intensify our search for possible cases of #COVID19 in different communities across the State known as *Active Case Search*.
These officials can be identified with a #COVID19 outbreak response tag or a letter from the LGA.
This is in a bid to intensify our search for possible cases of #COVID19 in different communities across the State known as *Active Case Search*.
These officials can be identified with a #COVID19 outbreak response tag or a letter from the LGA.
Babajide Sanwo-Oluâś”@jidesanwoolu
I implore you to give them your maximum support by providing accurate information that would help in containing this #COVID19 pandemic quickly.
Again, I assure you that at the end of it all, we will be victorious.
Thank you.