The Lagos State Government has commenced a house to house case identification to detect possible cases of COVID-19 in the State.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this during a joint Ministerial Press briefing on COVID-19 intervention in Lagos State on Thursday in Alausa, Ikeja.
Abayomi stated that the COVID19 case identification campaign, tagged: “Community Active Case Search,” commenced on April 6 and expected to run for two weeks in the first instance across the State.
He explained that health workers during this time will move from house to house, including health facilities, in pairs, to administer electronic questionnaires to citizens.
Abayomi added that the questions to be administered bothers on COVID-19 symptoms.
He stressed that the officials carrying out the exercise can be identified with the COVID-19 outbreak Response tags and letter from the Local Government.
He said: “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 symptoms of cough, cold and fever.
“This is in a bid to intensify our search for possible cases of COVID-19 in different communities across the State.
“I implore you to give them your maximum support by providing accurate information that would help in containing this pandemic quickly.”
Answering question on the number of patients discharged so far, Abayomi disclosed that seven more patients have fully recovered, having tested negative twice consecutively and have been discharged on Thursday to join the society.
He disclosed that the patients discharged were one female and six males, adding that three of the discharged male patients are foreign nationals: two from Ukraine and one Italian.
This, according to him, brings to 39 the total number of discharged patients in Lagos.
Abayomi said: “Today, we have discharged seven more persons to join the society having fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to COVID-19.
“This brings to 39 the number of discharged patients in Lagos.
“The patients include one female and six males; three of the discharged male patients are foreign nationals, two Ukrainian and one Italian.”
While noting that the COVID19 outbreak in Lagos State is seemingly under control, Abayomi noted that the State has had 100 per cent recovery on case management.
He added that the three COVID-19 related deaths recorded in Lagos are not from the State isolation facilities.
The Commissioner disclosed that Lagos has 280 bed isolation capacity with 100 bed occupancy, leaving it with an excess of 180 isolation beds.
He noted that more isolation facilities under construction and rehabilitation will be opened for use for management of cases in the event of a spike.
The Commissioner assured that the State remains committed to deploying necessary strategies to win the battle against the virus.
He implored residents to continue supporting the government by complying with directives and measures put in place to curtail the spread of the disease.
