Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
By Our Reporter
All isolation centres may be reopened as a result of second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. It will be recalled that lives of some prominent Nigerians have been cut short and others tested positive to coronavirus.
Latest victim of the pandemic is the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, while his Kaduna State counterpart, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, also on Friday evening announced that he was going into self-isolation as one of his family members and a government official tested positive for the virus.
It was the second time El-Rufai would go into isolation since February when the index case of the coronavirus was recorded in the country.
Sanwo-Olu’s status was confirmed about 24 hours after he went into self-isolation when one of his close aides tested positive for the virus.
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Saturday titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu undergoes COVID-19 treatment,’ said a PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test performed on the governor confirmed that he had tested positive for the virus and already showing mild symptoms and fatigue.
Abayomi said, “Following Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s exposure to a confirmed case of COVID-19, a PCR test performed yesterday (Friday) has confirmed that he has indeed been infected with the virus, which is supported by mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID.
“Mr Governor is receiving treatment and is being closely monitored at home by the very experienced state COVID-19 clinical team from IDH (Infectious Disease Hospital) Yaba.”
Also, El-Rufai in a short video message on Friday on his verified social media handles, said he hoped to be tested today (Sunday).
There had been warnings of an impending second wave of the coronavirus in recent times as a number of European countries such as France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Italy have been recording daily increases in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
An army general, Olu Irefin, also died from COVID-19, Mr Irefin, a major-general, was a participant at the army’s 2020 COAS Annual Conference in Abuja during which he fell ill and was taken to the hospital on Tuesday evening. He later tested positive for COVID-19 and was receiving treatment before he died.
The late Mr Irefin was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Port Harcourt in Rivers State.
Until his appointment in July 2020 as the GOC in Port Harcourt, the deceased was the GOC 81 Division Nigerian Army in Lagos
So also is the Publisher of the Leadership newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, who died at the age of 58 as a result of complications arising of COVID-19.
United Kingdom, France and Germany recently went into a second lockdown due to the resurgent pandemic.
