Lagos State government has made arrangements to begin a hydro-chloroquine trial on COVID-19 patients.
The state’s Commissioner for Helath, Prof Akin Abayomi, disclosed this n Thursday while speaking at a press conference.
He also predicted that the total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Lagos State may increase to 120,000 between July and August this year.
Abayomi said the virus is expected to reach its peak in Lagos at that time, adding: “Just a month ago, on April 7, we saw 10 cases per day, two weeks later it was 32, then 70 cases. We are now seeing above 100 cases per day. This shows our graph is moving in a gentle incline upwards.
“We definitely have not reached the peak of our outbreak; we suspect that the peak will happen sometime in July or August and so we are preparing for the oncoming of about 90,000 to 120,000 cases during that period. We are increasing our capacity and strategies to deal with this situation.”
The commissioner urged residents not to panic over the increasing cases witnessed in the State, saying it is caused by the presence of sample collection centres in 20 local government areas.
Abayomi also disclosed that he is not infected with Coronavirus. The commissioner had earlier on Thursday announced that 10 persons associated with the Lagos State Government House, Marina, tested positive for the virus.
But he stated via Twitter that he did not test positive for the disease, urging the public to disregard false reports claiming otherwise.