The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi has disclosed that a total of 118,000 households have been contacted by health personnel in search of possible COVID-19 cases in hotspot communities.
Abayomi made this known at a press conference on Tuesday. He said the initiative was set into motion to forestall the spread of the virus, noting Lagos, with the highest number of reported cases remains the epicentre of the virus, in the country.
The commissioner said in their search, they have been able to identify 119 persons with symptoms of coronavirus with tests to be conducted to determine their status.
“We’ve embarked on an active case search in communities. The idea is to go to hot spots and go from door to door with our health personnel.
“So far, in the last two days, we’ve visited 118,000 households and we’re looking for the typical symptoms of COVID-19. We’ve identified about 119 people who have the symptoms that are suggestive of COVID-19,” he said.
“But let me remind you that COVID is one of the viruses that can cause respiratory symptoms. There are many viruses. So, the idea is to take samples from these 119 and analyse them and that would give us an idea of how much COVID-19 activity is happening in the communities.”
He also said those who would test positive to the novel virus will be taken to isolation centres, so as to contain the spread.
