The Lagos State commissioner for health Akin Abayomi says that a total of 118,000 households have been reached in the active case search of possible COVID-19 cases out of which 119 people have been identified with symptoms.
At a media briefing, Tuesday, the commissioner said community search was activated to contain the spread of the disease in the state which has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
Abayomi said 119 persons were found with symptoms of coronavirus but tests are being 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 have 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.”
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