Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Sunday, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

During the visit, the governor briefed President Buhari on efforts being made by his administration to handle the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the nation’s commercial capital.

Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Sanwo-Olu said the state is not letting down its guard, calling on citizens to maintain personal and environmental hygiene.

He explained that he came to inform the President of “some of the level of preparedness that we have put in place and just to continue to assure him that the state will continue to do the very best.

“The state is ready and I am sure that this will be over us very soon and to thank him for the support. Up until last night, the tests we have conducted have been negative. We are still running more tests on some other case.

“So we will see how it goes but the bottom line is that we should not allow anything to drop off regarding our monitoring,” he said.

This comes nine days after Lagos recorded the index case of the COVID-19 virus as confirmed by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire.

According to Ehanire, the case involves an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and just returned from Milan, Italy on the 25th of February 2020.

Meanwhile, the state government says the health of the patient is being managed at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba and is improving.

The Commissioner of Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi noted that the government has yet to get the total number of those who had come in contact with the Italian patient as the figures are still being collated. (Channels TV)

•Photo by The State House shows Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on March 8.

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