An older adult woman on Wednesday 13th May 2020 was discharged from Nigeria`s Eti-Osa Isolation Center. The patient, a 98-year-old, was receiving treatment for the deadly coronavirus. Lagos State government announced that the woman was the country’s oldest COVID 19 patient. The governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu additionally stated in a tweet he made that the 98-year-old had been discharged alongside 25 other patients. The 25 other persons had also previously tested positive for coronavirus in the Lagos State.
The Commercial hub of Nigeria
With Lagos having the highest total of confirmed coronavirus cases as of April 4th, every recovery in the state is received with joy. The city being Nigeria`s central commercial hub, high cases bring worry as to what direction the country’s economy might turn. With this realization, the Lagos State government made sure that Lagos is at the center of the country`s coronavirus combat.
Measures to Deal with the Disease Across Lagos
Ever since the state government noticed what a rise in infections could mean for the country, it put multiple measures to deal with the disease. Public and private schools, for example, were suspended all across Lagos. Additionally, 70% of state government workers were asked to stay at home. Furthermore, shops and markets were closed down to help in the efforts to combat the coronavirus. Lagos being a state with a population of over 20 million people, has also been a significant beneficiary of the coronavirus intervention funds. A stimulus package to benefit poor people was also made available for their support.
Lagos residents additionally got urged to wear face masks in public, sustain the guidelines of social distancing, avoid mass gatherings, and to use alcohol-based sanitizers to prevent the further spread of the disease. With all these measures being rolled out, however, Nigeria currently has 4.787 coronavirus cases. Lagos state additionally is the hardest-hit location in Nigeria with 2006 confirmed cases. Thirty-three patients have died in Lagos so far.
An Older Adult Woman Recovers
With the 26 newly discharged patients on Wednesday; however, a new total of 528 successfully managed and discharged patients were achieved. Of the 26 patients, the Lagos State discharged the 98-year-old woman, the oldest COVID-19 patient in the state. In an announcement contained in a tweet by governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the governor said that the older adult joined 26 others; 13 males and 12 females, discharged from our isolation centers after testing negative for #COVID19.
Two Consecutive Negative Readings
The patients, six from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 11 from Onikan, and nine from LUTH Isolation Centers, were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive readings. In Nigeria, two negative results are required for a patient to be discharged even though the NCDC directed that even one negative result should lead to discharge.
The Lagos state governor concluded his tweet urging Lagos residents to play their roles by wearing face masks, following the public health guidelines, and observing physical distancing even as health workers continued to sacrifice and push through.
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