Lagos Quarantines 4 Children, 2 Others Over Coronavirus
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said four children of the same family and their teacher who came from the United States have been quarantined for Coronavirus.
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi revealed this at a news conference in Lagos, adding that another man from the United Kingdom was also quarantined.
According to him, the four children and their teacher were quarantined because they had contact with a Coronavirus patient.
The commissioner said the four children and their teacher were admitted into the isolation centre in Yaba two days ago to see if they would develop a symptom of Coronavirus after they had contact with a patient.
He said the first test had been conducted on them and that they tested negative, saying another test would be conducted within 48 hours for final confirmation.
Abayomi also said a man from the United Kingdom who had been quarantined would have test conducted on him today to ascertain his status.
He said the state government was carrying out regular tests on people to ascertain their coronavirus status almost on a daily basis.
The commissioner also disclosed that the government had established contact with the two people declared wanted, who were in the Turkish Airline with the index case, an Italian.
He said immediately the media announced the two people declared wanted, people gave out their contacts immediately and that they had been reached.
“The Index case is very well, no symptom, but the test shows he is still secreting the virus, but going down, the virus has to go to zero point before he can be released,” he said.
Abayomi added that there was no specific treatment for coronavirus, saying that most of the drugs being used were HIV drugs to reduce the virus from growing fast.
“We are satisfied with the second coronavirus patient, we will repeat his test tomorrow and based on the test, we will know the way forward,” he added.
