COVID 19: Lagos state government commences house to house search for infected persons
The Lagos State Government has initiated a house-to-house search for individuals infected with COVID-19 in the state.
Professor Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, made this known during a joint Press briefing on COVID-19 intervention held in Alausa, Ikeja on Thursday, April 9. He stated that the Coronavirus case identification campaign, named the ‘Community Active Case Search,’ began on Monday, April 6, 2020, and is scheduled to run for two weeks initially across the State.
He explained that health workers will be moving in pairs from house to house, including health facilities, to conduct electronic questionnaires on citizens. These questions will focus on COVID-19 symptoms.
Abayomi emphasized that the officials conducting the exercise can be identified by the CO...