Following the general decrease in confirmed positive cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic recorded in Lagos State for the second week,Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has shut down the Eti-Osa Isolation centre.
The Agidingbi isolation centre will also be shut for the relocation of patients to a large capacity Centre in Anthony area, which will be soon commissioned.
The Governor who disclosed this on Saturday said the decision to shut down the centers was due to the fact that some of the centres were running at 20 percent occupancy capacity.
He added that the Government had activated a process of reverting the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Yaba to its status as a care centre to cater to all forms of infectious diseases. The tent built by Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) at IDH premises will remain strictly for management of COVID-19 cases, Sanwo-Olu buttressed.
He said: “We have run through a model that shows that we have built excess isolation capacity over the last five months. We have to come to a stage where we need to balance the economics of risk, as to which isolation facility should we need to keep running. Some of the isolation centres are having less than 20 per cent of their occupancy capacities. This is why we concluded to shut Eti-Osa facility and another one in Lekki.”
As part of decision to ease lockdown in the state,the Governor said in the coming days opening hours for food and non-food markets may be extended to 5pm on their opening days.
