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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says one in five of all people with respiratory symptoms in Lagos seems to be positive for COVID-19 pandemic.
“We take the samples to our central testing facilities, and right now, we are getting between 15 and 20 per cent positivity among the people who are presenting with respiratory symptoms, fever or things like that. The commissioner maintained that the figures gave good data matrix when compared to Europe and the U.S, and also when considering the death rates.“Either, we are in a state of better preparedness or some environmental factors aiding us or something in our genetics that’s helping us slow the trend.
“We haven’t reached our peak; we predict that would happen in a month or two, and with this gentle slopes, we are preparing for a number of cases based on our data analysis and modelling,” he said. “The economy is an integral part of the health of Nigerians; if you strip them of their livelihoods, you create a problem which we don’t want to create while solving another problem.
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