Obafemi Hamzat, Lagos State Deputy Governor, has revealed that the state government has procured equipment to the curtail Coronavirus spread.
The Deputy Governor noted that the Coronavirus treatment centre in Yaba area of Lagos, can only take in 100 people.
The Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba, a facility built for the treatment of Coronavirus cases in Lagos, can only accommodate 100 patients, according to Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of the state.
He made this known during an interview. He said the facility has 100 beds, adding that should there be more than 100 patients, the state government will put in place tents within the premises of the facility that can accommodate 200 more.
He noted that asides the disease centre in Yaba, four other hospitals in the state have been identified and placed on standby.
The deputy governor however revealed that the Italian man diagnosed of the Coronavirus had visited Ogun state before being brought to Lagos.
According to him, the man went to Ewekoro in Ogun, where he fell ill and was brought to Lagos, where he was diagnosed with the virus.
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