Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday said that Lagos State tested a total of 42,348 samples for COVID-19 as at July 3. Abayomi, who made the disclosure on his Twitter account, said that of the 42,348 samples, 10,926 returned positive. He said that 748 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the state on July […]
Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, says seven private laboratories have been included to enhance COVID-19 sample testing in the state. Abayomi made the disclosure on Friday in Lagos, while giving an update of the state’s COVID-19 situation. He said that the private laboratories were selected through a rigorous accreditation process. The commissioner […]
The Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state will need about 260,000 units of blood annually to meet the growing blood transfusion demand at its health facilities. Abayomi made this known through a virtual meeting organised on Sunday by the Lagos state Blood Transfusion Service to commemorate the World Blood Donor […]
Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner of health, says the Italian who tested positive to coronavirus, has been moved to a renovated facility. The patient quarantined at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos, had reportedly complained of excessive heat and mosquitoes and had attempted to escape from the facility on Friday. READ ALSO: Coronavirus patient says Lagos isolation […]