BY LEVI JOHNSON
Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi has said on Friday that Lagosians should get ready for exponential growth in the coronavirus number.
Speaking during a press briefing in Lagos at the Ministry of Health in Alausa, Abayomi said it expects to see up to 39,000 cases of COVID-19 in the state.
“Our mathematical modelling shows that the worst-case scenario is that we may see up to 39,000 cases in Lagos,” he explained.
He, however, said if everyone practices good social distancing, the figure will be limited to 13,000.
His words: “If we add social distancing to active contact tracing, then we will be able to bend the curve further.
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“The figures may seem alarming at this point, but this is just to emphasize to the Lagos community to follow instructions of the incident commander to make sure that we practice social distancing and other preventive measures.
“Looking at the same time frame from the introduction of the index case, you can see that Lagos State is not seen anywhere near what Spain, Italy and Iran are showing.
“So, at weeks two and three of our index case, we are flat and at week four, we have 37 cases; while at the same fourth week, Italy, Iran and Spain had more than 20,000 cases.”
