COVID-19: Lagos may impose new lockdown – Health Commissioner

The Lagos State Government has announced that it may impose new
lockdown in the state over the reoccurrence of coronavirus cases in
the state.

This was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the
Director, Public Affairs of the Ministry of Health, Tunbosun
Ogunbanwo.

The statement contains a quote from the Commissioner for Health,
Prof. Akin Abayomi, which references the new lockdown in other
parts of the world.

Abayomi warned that “the continuous flagrant disregard of safety
guidelines by citizens heralds’ danger and may lead to a second
wave of new infections in Lagos”.

The statement read in part: “The Lagos State Government has once
again stressed the need for residents to strictly adhere to
precautionary measures against COVID-19 infection transmission to
prevent a recurrence of the situation that led to the lockdown of
the economy.

“A resurgence of cases in Lagos may lead to the reversal of the
strategically calculated measures put in place by the Government to
open up the economy.

“The first wave of coronavirus started in December 2019 and
swept through an unprepared world. The first case of COVID-19 in
Nigeria was recorded in Lagos on the 27th of February 2020. Lagos
has since become the epicentre of the outbreak in Nigeria with a
record of 21,107 confirmed cases and 212 deaths from the virus till
date.

“The containment measures put in place at the time included
COVID-19 testing, isolation and treatment, surveillance, total
shutdown of the State for about 12 weeks and partial shutdown of
social, economic and academic activities for over four months.”

The Lagos State Government has announced that it may impose new
lockdown in the state over the reoccurrence of coronavirus cases in
the state.

This was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the
Director, Public Affairs of the Ministry of Health, Tunbosun
Ogunbanwo.

The statement contains a quote from the Commissioner for Health,
Prof. Akin Abayomi, which references the new lockdown in other
parts of the world.

Abayomi warned that “the continuous flagrant disregard of safety
guidelines by citizens heralds’ danger and may lead to a second
wave of new infections in Lagos”.

The statement read in part: “The Lagos State Government has once
again stressed the need for residents to strictly adhere to
precautionary measures against COVID-19 infection transmission to
prevent a recurrence of the situation that led to the lockdown of
the economy.

“A resurgence of cases in Lagos may lead to the reversal of the
strategically calculated measures put in place by the Government to
open up the economy.

“The first wave of coronavirus started in December 2019 and
swept through an unprepared world. The first case of COVID-19 in
Nigeria was recorded in Lagos on the 27th of February 2020. Lagos
has since become the epicentre of the outbreak in Nigeria with a
record of 21,107 confirmed cases and 212 deaths from the virus till
date.

“The containment measures put in place at the time included
COVID-19 testing, isolation and treatment, surveillance, total
shutdown of the State for about 12 weeks and partial shutdown of
social, economic and academic activities for over four months.”