The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced the discharge of five patients receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, bringing the total number of discharged patients to 29 in the state. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this on his Twitter handle, @Jidesanwoolu. He tweeted, “Dear Lagosians, yesterday (Saturday) I...
The Lagos State Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal has assured residents of adequate food supply at all the 27 designated COVID-19 Emergency Food Markets. Lawal, who gave the assurance over the weekend while monitoring the exercise at the Sam Ethan Air Force Base, Ikeja; Opebi Primary School and...
Government to Offset Medical Bills of Pregnant Women, Emergency Patients During Lockdown Surgery Patients to Get Free Treatment Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, announced more palliative measures for vulnerable residents who might be affected by the ongoing 14-day lockdown directive of the Federal Government. Speaking after the...
Oyo State has recorded a new positive case of COVID-19. In a statement made by the Acting Chairman of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, Prof Temitope Alonge, he affirmed that the latest case is a close contact of the second confirmed case who subsequently developed symptoms. He indicated that the...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the ongoing lockdown in the state might be extended beyond 14 days. He said this during a media briefing on Saturday. He said the lockdown would be extended depending on the situation of things, adding that the number of patients discharged in...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has set up a 47-member panel of eminent citizens of the state, including three former governors, to help mobilise resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Panel which is officially known as Ekiti State COVID-19 Response Resource Mobilisation Committee has the former...
as Gov rolls out efforts to contain virus, calls for calm and vigilance Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has said the confirmed index case recorded in the state on Friday has little or no expansion potential. The Governor, who spoke during a state broadcast, explained that the confirmed...
The State Government of Osun has dismissed as false and misleading online report purporting that six persons, who have been tested positive for COVID-19 were missing from the State's Isolation Centre in Ejigbo. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, who denied the report in a...
Following the constitution of the palliative committee put in place by his administration to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has constituted a committee for Ondo State CoronaVirus Response Fund to mobilize resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the...
Lagos State Government has disclosed that it will create over 1000 bed spaces in six isolation centres within the next month in preparation for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases. The Honourable Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this today while updating the press on the efforts of...