Nigeria Will Survive Coronavirus – Sanwo-Olu

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said he was highly confident in the response approach initiated by the State’s Incident Command Centre in the wake of the outbreak of the virus, expressing optimism that the nation would survive the epidemic and put it behind.

He said the State had already upgraded its isolation facilities at the IDH in the case of escalation in the number of cases, revealing that two additional containment centres had been created with 80-bed spaces and necessary medical equipment to manage cases.

Also, there are two mobile isolation wards of 15-bed capacity each stationed in the hospital.

Reacting to the report of scarcity of sanitary materials at pharmacy shops across the State, the Governor condemned the action, saying it was wicked for people to take the advantage of emergency situation to hoard and jerk the prices of face mask and hand sanitizer.

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Sanwo-Olu also frowned at misinformation trailing the COVID-19 case being managed at the IDH, saying the public deserved to get accurate information about the management of the patient in isolation.

He urged the media practitioners to approach the appropriate quarters for updates and developments on the case being managed.

Sanwo-Olu said the State Government had stepped up the level of sensitisation and advocacy among residents at the grassroots, disclosing that the effort would be followed up by a series of stakeholders’ meetings in the week.

He said he would be meeting with Governors of neighbouring States on Monday to draw up strategies in scaling up advocacy on the virus among people and also to design more community-based approaches that would prevent the spread of the virus.

here also would be meetings with local government officials and transport workers’ unions, the Governor said.