Coronavirus: Lagos Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi gives an update on Italian patient (video)

Professor Akin Abayomi, the Lagos state Commissioner for Health, has given an update on on the treatment of the Italian man diagnosed with Coronavirus in the state. At a press conference held on Saturday afternoon, the Commissioner said the Italian patient has been moved to the state's completed ward which was recently renovated with full complement of facilities. This comes hours after Punch's report claimed the man threatened to escape from the ward because of the poor living condition.I have spoken to him myself, he is doing very well, he is comfortable; he was comfortable yesterday and he is comfortable today. He 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 has been moved to one of the newly renovated wards'' he said The commissioner added that the Italian patient is recuperatingAs 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 screen, we will keep him for another 2-3 days and repeat the test to make sure that there are no more virus particles in his saliva and that means that he will not be contagious. Then, we give the OK for him to be released back into the community” Professor Abayomi said  Watch a video from the press conference below      View this post on Instagram         Professor Akin Abayomi, the Lagos state Commissioner for Health, this afternoon, gave an update on the Italian man diagnosed with Coronavirus. . . Professor Abayomi said the man has been moved to the state's completed ward which is recently renovated with full compliment of facilities . He added that the Italian man's health is improving.A post shared by Lindaikejiblog (@lindaikejiblogofficial) on Feb 29, 2020 at 12:39pm PSTThe post Coronavirus: Lagos Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi gives an update on Italian patient (video) appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.

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