Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has been confirmed positive for coronavirus.
This was disclosed on Saturday night in a statement made on Twitter by the state commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi.
Abayomi said the governor was confirmed positive of Covid-19 on Friday.
The tweet read: “Mr Governor is receiving treatment and is being closely monitored at home by the very experienced State #COVID19 clinical team from IDH Yaba.”
He stated that the governor was expected to recover quickly and clear the virus.
“We are seeing slightly increasing number of #COVID19 positive cases in clusters in Lagos and all residents and visitors should strictly adhere to the prescribed advisories of safe distancing, mask wearing, good hand and respiratory hygiene and avoidance of unnecessary or large gatherings,” Abayomi said.
“The festive season is likely to create the opportunity for the virus to spread if we are not compliant with the regulations established by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) for inbound travelers and the festive season celebrations.
“All inbound travelers must be COVID-19 negative by PCR before they board a flight to Nigeria and must self-isolate on arrival and undergo a prebooked test on day 7 of arrival in Nigeria. Lagosians should keep celebrations to a minimum and be observant and responsible in their interactions. The significant gains achieved to date in containing COVID-19 in Lagos, which has allowed us to carefully re open the economy, must not be reversed.”
The Health commissioner appealed to Lagos State residents to keep safe and ensure they follow all protocols.
“No one is immune to this virus and it is certainly still circulating in community. Please join me in praying and wishing the Incident Commander of the Lagos State COVID-19 response Mr Babajide Sanwo-olu a speedy recovery so he can return to normal duties as soon as possible. I will be keeping the public informed regularly of Mr Governor’s recovery and wellbeing,” the statement read.
Gov. Sanwo-Olu joins the number of top government officials who have contracted the virus since the index case in February.
Lagos State is the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria, with over 20,000 cases recorded.
