COVID-19: Lagos State Has Passed The Peak Stage Of The Pandemic – Prof. Abayomi

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has stated that the state has moved past the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and will soon see a downward slope of the virus.

Recall that the commissioner is currently fighting the virus while in self-isolation as he recently announced that he tested positive.

Abayomi made the recent comments in an interview with Nigerian Info FM on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, saying that from the government’s observation, the state has passed the worst stage of the pandemic.

”Lagos might be at its peak in the #COVID19 pandemic but it’s not over yet as we may see an escalation of positive cases. However, until we see a decline in the number of positives cases we shouldn’t relent.

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.

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 has passed 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 downslope of the virus then the end of #COVID19.

There are two categories of testing, ‘the need to know’ for people who have shown symptoms and are a public health concern and ‘the want to know’ – those who as a result of business want to get back to work and want to know if they are safe.”