Coronavirus: Lagos govt moves patient to new facility

The Lagos State government has said it had moved the Italian national who tested positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been moved to a new facility

has been moved to a new facility to continue his treatment.

The government’s decision came following a report by Punch newspaper that the 44-year-old Italian attempted to leave the isolation centre due to its poor state. While addressing journalists on Saturday, Mr Abayomi admitted that the patient was formerly kept in a single room but has been moved to a better facility.

Mr Abayomi said the ministry would continue to monitor him to see what the situation is with the virus and with his body.“As soon as we get a negative screening, then, we will keep him for another two to three days and repeat the test to make sure that there are no more virus concentration in his saliva, and that means he will now be non-contagious.”

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