Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in Lagos state, says a
total of 118,000 households have been reached in the active case search of
possible COVID-19 cases in communities.
At a media briefing on Tuesday, the commissioner said community
search was activated to limit the spread of the disease in the state which has
the highest number of COVID-19 patients in the country.
Abayomi said 110 persons were found with symptoms of
coronavirus but tests are being conducted to determine their status.
“We’ve embarked on an active case search in communities. The
idea is to go to hot spots and go from door to door with our health personnel.
So far, in the last two days, we’ve visited 118,000 households and we’re
looking for the typical symptoms of COVID-19. We’ve identified about 119 people
who have the symptoms that are suggestive of COVID-19,” he said.
“But let me remind you that COVID is one of the viruses that
can cause respiratory symptoms. There are many viruses. So, the idea is to take
samples from these 119 and analyse them and that would give us an idea of how
much COVID-19 activity is happening in the communities.”
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