Sanwo-Olu tests positive for COVID-19

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has tested positive for COVID-19.

The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

He said the governor is currently experiencing “mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID-19.”

The commissioner added that Sanwo-Olu is receiving treatment and closely monitored at home by a team from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba.

The statement read: “Mr. Sanwo-Olu is doing well on treatment and rest and we are confident that he will recover quickly and clear the virus.”

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The governor had on Friday proceeded on self-isolation after one of his close aides tested positive for COVID-19.

He was later tested for COVID-19 at the state’s biobank in Yaba.

Several members of the state executive council had tested positive for the virus since May.

Lagos is the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria with about 24,000 cases and more than 200 deaths.

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