Lagos State Set to Begin Search for COVID-19 Patients in Communities

L-R: Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso; Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during an inspection visit to the Emergency Operations Centre and Biosecurity Unit at Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital Yaba, on Sunday, March 1, 2020.

Lagos State to commence door to door search for COVID-19, patients around various communities in the state.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi broke the news during a joint ministerial press briefing on COVID-19 intervention in Ikeja, the state capital, on Thursday.

He said the exercise tagged “Community Active Case Search” will run for a period of two weeks in the first instance.

Abayomi said officials enforcing the activity will carry identification tags and a letter of introduction from the state government.

He called for the cooperation of residents to ensure the success of the exercise.

“In the coming days, some of our health workers will be moving around in pairs to administer an electronic questionnaire at homes and healthcare facilities to make inquiries about symptoms of cough, cold and fever,” he said.