COVID-19: Several Frontline Security Operatives Enforcing Lockdown Directives Feared Positive
Army, police isolate infected personnel as several others opt for self-medicationFears abound over the health of security operatives who have been on the frontline of enforcing the lockdown directives issued by the federal government to flatten the curve of COVID-19 pandemic.
In Lagos, the army, civil defence and the police have had their personnel test positive for the virus and had been in the isolation centres receiving treatment. In the case of the lieutenant commander that died, it was gathered that the navy immediately carried out contact tracing and discovered four persons that had come in contact with him – his driver, orderly, steward and a friend.Confirming the incident, the Flag Officer Commanding , WNC, Rear Admiral Oladele Daji, who debunked claims that several of his men were positive, said nonetheless, the navy had put workable measures on ground.
“We have been taking precautions. We have been calling Lagos COVID-19 response to make sure that we do test because of the nature of our work. “You know they have to touch and see patients and most of these patients are civilian patients that come to our hospitals because of the modern equipments we have in our hospital.
“We already had isolation centres that accommodates two in a room and there are 78 rooms which we have been using to quarantine our personnel that returned from abroad before the airports were closed. “
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