Lagos isolates four children, two adults over suspected cases of Covid-19

The Lagos State Government has said four children from the same family and their teacher who arrived the country from the United States of America (USA) have been quarantined for coronavirus.

Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this at a media briefing, saying another man from the United Kingdom was also isolated.

He revealed that the four children and the teacher were quarantined because they had contact with a coronavirus patient, adding that they were isolated at the centre in Yaba two days ago to see if they would develop symptoms of the virus.

Disclosing that though the first test had been conducted on them and tested negative, he stated that another test would be conducted within 48 hours for final confirmation.

Abayomi also said a man from the United Kingdom who had been quarantined would have test conducted on him today to ascertain his status, stressing that the state government was carrying out regular tests on people to ascertain their coronavirus status on a daily basis.

The commissioner also disclosed that the government had established contact with the two people declared wanted, who were in the Turkish Airline with the index case, an Italian.

He said shortly after the media announced that the two were people declared wanted, people gave out their contacts immediately and that they had been contacted.

On the index case, Abayomi said the Italian was feeling better, but that he was still secreting the virus, adding that once he tested negative, another test would be conducted within two days for a second negative confirmation and that once that had been done, he would be released.

Abayomi noted that there was no specific treatment for coronavirus, saying most of the drugs being used were HIV drugs to reduce the virus from growing faster.