Lagos State Government speaks on suspected case of Coronavirus

The Lagos State Government has said that the Chinese citizen who was rumoured to have come down with Coronavirus at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, has tested negative.

In a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the likelihood of the patient having COVID-19 is very low.

He also revealed that the sophisticated testings and investigations carried out shows that there is no Coronavirus in Lagos.

“I would like to reassure Lagosians that our vigilance levels are very high and we are putting more measures in place to safeguard the State”, he said.

Giving an address on investigations, Abayomi revealed that suspect case of Coronavirus at Reddington Hospital was brought to the knowledge of the Ministry of Health.

“From our investigation, we gathered that a Chinese citizen who arrived in Nigeria from China 7 weeks ago presented at Reddington Hospital yesterday complaining about fever.

“The hospital in keeping with the advisory we earlier issued correctly maintained a high index of suspicion, isolated the patient and reported the case to the Ministry.

“We took up the case, transferred the patient to the State Isolation Unit at the Mainland hospital which is our specialised infectious disease hospital. His blood samples were taken to the Virology laboratory for analysis and it came out negative”, the Commissioner said.

He also advised the public to desist from posting unverified news and that any news on Coronavirus which is not emanating from the Ministry of Health should be disregarded.