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Lagos State Ministry of Health
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Coronavirus – Nigeria: Lagos develops Blueprint for Healthcare Infrastructure

Lagos State deployed an early centralised planning approach to the management of the current pandemic

As part of efforts towards improving health service delivery in Lagos, the State Government has engaged a consultant to develop blueprints for healthcare infrastructure across primary, secondary and specialist facilities. The Honourable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this today at the Lagos State Council on Health Meeting,…

Lagos State Ministry of Health
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Coronavirus - Nigeria: Use of RDT Kits for COVID-19 Test is Illegal in Lagos – Abayomi

. . . Warns Against Patronage of Unauthorised Health Facilities

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has reiterated that the use of Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Kits for COVID-19 testing in Lagos remains illegal until the State can validate that the kits actually work. Abayomi stated this at a news briefing on COVID-19Lagos Response, explaining that RDT…

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Coronavirus - Nigeria: Lagos expands COVID-19 response capacity

Accreditation of seven private laboratories to boost its testing capacity and three private hospitals for case management

The Lagos State government has expanded its COVID-19 response capacity with the accreditation of seven private laboratories to boost its testing capacity and three private hospitals for case management. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this on Friday at a press briefing to give an update on ‘COVID-19Lagos…