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Originalsly:
Why must the Italian photo be posted?... is he wanted? If someone is tested HIV positive..... should we know? How did the Uber driver know he was the one when no photo was posted? Fair question ... but that should've made you question the Uber driver's claim.... not the FG. His claim was fake... some people/bloggers would use any opportunity to get attention. On the airline.... why should it be named? If named it would be bad for business. If it is the FG plan to get 620M.... what's in it for private company Lafarge to shut down operations....isolate its workers and fumigate its premises?.... and make customers fear anything coming out of their company may somehow be infected?

Don't be saying Corona virus us not in Nigeria.

@ topic. He spoke with the victim... isolated victim.... but he spoke with him. Was he dressed in hazmat gear? I know what I'm waiting to hear within two weeks.

CORONA VIRUS PATIENT NEVER ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE – LASG

Lagos State Government has debunked news making the round that the index case of Corona Virus Disease isolated at the Lagos Mainland Hospital tried to escape.

Audio-visual report by @ameenatelegushi of @lagostelevision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDUQu33_Bh0

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, @ProfAkinAbayomi who debunked the news while giving an update on the index case at the Mainland Hospital today said the patient has never expressed any desire to leave the facility to the doctors and nurses who looks after him.

“I have spoken to him myself, he is doing very well, he is comfortable; he was comfortable yesterday and he is comfortable today”, @ProfAkinAbayomi stated.

He noted that the patient was initially kept in a single isolation room for his privacy when he was brought in because part of the facilities at the Mainland Hospital were being renovated. He added that the patient has subsequently been moved to one of the newly renovated wards.

Said he, “We were renovating part of the facility, so we kept him in a single isolation room for his privacy but we have subsequently moved him to one of our completed wards recently renovated with full complements of facilities, so he is right there now and he is comfortable”

“As of this morning, his condition has improved, he hasn’t developed new symptoms but he still got a mild fever and we will be running test to see what the situation is with the virus in his body"

"And as soon as we get a negative strain, we will keep him for another three days & repeat the test to make sure that there are no more virus particles in his saliva & that means that he will not be contagious. Then, we give the OK for him to be released back into the community”

Yesterday I visited the @FollowLaSG Lagos State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) and Isolation Unit of the @LSMoH Infectious Disease Hospital (Mainland Hospital) in Yaba, to engage with @ProfAkinAbayomi and Prof. Bode (@LUTHOfficial) and others re: #COVID19 .

I can confirm that the patient is stable. @NCDCGov has been proactive in the establishment of the PHEOC, which has now been activated for #COVID19 response, and in the deployment of a National Rapid Response Team (RRT) to support the response efforts.

@NigeriaGov and FMoHNigeria, commend the collaboration between @LSMoH, Ogun State Ministry of Health and @NCDCGov, supported by @WHONigeria (@WHO, @WHOAFRO) and other partners.

Special thanks to all staff members managing the treatment of the confirmed case and working tirelessly to trace contacts to reduce the chance of spreading #COVID19
#COVID19Nigeria

Chatbot1234:
i beg to differ, he actually tweeted that he was the one who drove the white man, but when people got to know he was lying, he had to debunk it.
clout is a drugs and i hope he is arrested.

NairaMaster1:
The government gives more fake news than the people. They told us they are prepared to stop the virus from entering Nigeria only for the stupid Italian to have deliberately brought it.

Thank God he has been detained by the fake news government

Beware of Fake News on Coronavirus – LASG

The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to various false stories, particularly on the social media, in respect of the identification and quarantine of the 44-year-old Italian, who tested positive to Coronavirus, on his return from a business trip to Turkey.

One of the stories alleged that the patient became angry and attempted to escape from the isolation ward due to what it described as the unsuitable condition of the Infectious Diseases Control Hospital in Yaba.

Another said that an individual, who claimed to have driven the Italian to Ogun State, escaped from hospital and has threatened to spread the virus all over Nigeria. He is said to be seeking N100m for his family to deter him from the ‘suicide mission’.

It is disheartening that some mischief makers are handling the Coronavirus issue with levity and peddling fake news at a time medical science is focused on how to stop the infection.

This situation calls for vigilance and soberness, not wicked jokes and frivolities.

The Lagos State Government, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Health and the Ogun State Government, remains focused on entrenching measures to contain the infection and will not be distracted by activities of those who seem to be unconscious of the gravity of the situation.
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This is not a time for intrigues. Every Lagosian is required to support the government’s efforts at fighting this situation and taking precautions required to prevent an epidemic.

All residents should disregard any piece of information that does not emanate from official sources – the Federal Ministry of Health, the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control.

Members of the public are implored to call the Lagos State Emergency Hotlines - 08023169485, 08033565529, 08052817243 - to report any suspected case of Coronavirus.