Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has confirmed that the state has passed the peak of the covid-19 pandemic and is now on the flattening stage.
Abayomi, who is currently on a 14-day self-isolation after testing positive from the virus, told Nigerian Info FM in an interview on Wednesday, that there are positive signs the virus will soon be defeated.
He noted that the state had as its response strategy to the pandemic, “early response strategy and data strategy.”
“Concerning the number of positive results seen this period, we have sample collection centers in every local government in Lagos, so the more we test the more cases we find. If there are no more positivity then the outbreak is slowing down.
“So our observation is that Lagos have past the worst of the pandemic, it has past the peak of the pandemic and is now on the flattening stage and over time will experience a down slope of the virus then the end of #COVID19.”
Speaking on the COVID-19 lockdown, Abayomi said, “We believe the lockdown was not effective because of the reality of a city where people go out to fend for themselves on a daily basis. If not, you replace a health crisis with an economic crisis.”
