Professor Akin Abayomi, the state health commissioner, said the resurgence of cases in Lagos can lead to the cancellation of strategic measures put in place through state government to open up the economy.
Abayomi warned that citizens’ continued and flagrant breach of protection rules suggests a danger and may lead to a momentary wave of new infections in Lagos.
He also pleaded with citizens to oppose unnecessary social movements and gatherings, saying that inside and outside the country the country deserves to be discouraged, unless necessary.
Abayomi said many countries and cities were experiencing a moment and a third wave of COVID-19 pandemics, with an increase due to the number of instances and deaths.
The Commissioner said that many affected countries around the world have noticed the need for a moment of blockade and movement restriction, which has important socio-economic and security consequences.
“The first wave of coronavirus began in December 2019 and spread through an un prepared world.
“The first COVID-19 case in Nigeria was recorded in Lagos on February 27. Lagos has since the epicenter of the epidemic in Nigeria with a record 21,107 cases shown and 212 deaths from the virus to date.
“Containment measures put in place at the time included the COVID-19 test, isolation and treatment, surveillance, general state closure for approximately 12 weeks and partial closure of social, economic and educational activities for more than 4 months,” Abayomi said.
The Commissioner expressed his fear that the use of masks, social distance and hand hygiene had decreased among citizens.
It called for more powerful adoption and enforcement of preventive measures put in place through the state government to combat the disease.
“The confidence that COVID-19 has been defeated and is no longer in Nigeria will have to be ruled out.
“According to our data, this is not valid.
“This creates a false sense of security among citizens, leading many to abandon the use of masks and security measures and protocols established through government,” he said.
According to him, however, the state has peaked as expected, and a minimisation in the number of positive cases, citizens do not conclude that it is over.
“COVID-19 is still very much alive here, as evidenced by the number of instances registered on the network and occasional deaths from serious complications.
“This is the explanation for why citizens don’t give in in this regard, if we don’t need to revel in the disease at one point,” he said.
Abayomi stated that the increased control capacity of COVID-19 in the state had had an effect on the outage of network transmission.
According to him, any citizen within the definition of COVID-19 infection stops at one of the sites committed to collecting samples in his local government or in public laboratories for free control.
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