(Updated) Lagos Suspends Reopening of Churches, Mosques Due to Rising COVID-19 Cases
Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu has suspended the reopening of worship centres in Lagos State, earlier planned to begin from June 19, until further notice.
Lagos, with the highest COVID-19 burden in Nigeria, has 7,319 confirmed cases, 6,100 are currently on admission, 1,137 have been discharged, while 82 have died. A press statement by the governor after the briefing said evaluation of evolving scenarios regarding the course of COVID-19 in the state and the corresponding public health advisory guidelines issued by experts had necessitated the state to reconsider reopening of religious centres.
He warned that the state was now fully in the phase of personal responsibility regarding the pandemic, adding that this means that while the government maintains its responsibility to take protective decisions for the common good, what will ultimately save residents and defeat the virus was the sensible personal decisions taken on a daily basis.
Sanwo-Olu, who is the Incident Commander on COVID-19 in the state, said as at midnight on June 15, the state recorded a total of 7,319 confirmed cases of COVID-19, adding that of the number, 1,137 persons have fully recovered and discharged, while 82 have sadly died.“Our dear state therefore continues to be the epicenter of the pandemic in Nigeria, with about 44 per cent of the total number of confirmed cases nationwide.
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