The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says he’s responding positively to treatment after testing positive to COVID-19 pandemic, and I remains committed to discharging my duties. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, had in a statement on Monday disclosed Abayomi’s COVID-19 … Read more
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday, August 24 by the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso. The statement was titled ‘Press release on the positive COVID-19 Status of Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi’. According to … Read more
Lagos State Government on Monday said 2,683 COVID-19 patients in the state have refused to show up at the isolation centres for admission after their test came out positive. This the government said was done out of fear of stigmatisation or ignorance refused to show up at the isolation centres. The Lagos State Commissioner for … Read more
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has explained that one out of every five Lagosians with respiratory symptoms are infected with COVID-19. Abayomi disclosed this when he appeared as a Guest on Arise Television “Morning Show” programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. He confessed that the state … Read more
Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi warned on Friday that coronavirus cases in the state may surge to 39,000 in the coming weeks if proactive measures were not put in place to avoid the situation. Ekohotblog reports that Lagos currently has 44 confirmed cases, which include 41 active cases and 3 discharged patients. Health … Read more
Another three suspected Coronavirus patients quarantined in Lagos have tested negative to the deadly disease, Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi said on Friday evening. Abayomi had on Thursday said three people had been quarantined at its isolation centre in Yaba area of Lagos on suspicion of Coronavirus. One of the suspects quarantined was … Read more
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has said that the Chinese government through her embassy in Nigeria is working with Lagos State Government to prevent the entry of Corona Virus into the State. The commissioner who disclosed this today while giving update on the State government’s level of preparedness to prevent or contain … Read more
-LASG set to revitalise the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state -The state government has developed policies and currently implementing strategies aimed at reviving the PHC system -The current administration, as part of the THEMES mandate, has pledged to gradually increase allocation to health sector from the present eight per cent to approach 15 … Read more