The Lagos State government said on Sunday that at least 100 people had come in contact with the Italian who is Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) index case.

Commissioner for Health, Dr. Akin Abayomi, told Reuters: “It is around 100 people that have been identified.”  Abayomi explained that many of them have travelled to other parts of the country and some to Europe.

Speaking on a TV programme Sunday night, Lagos State Governor, Babajde Sanwo-Olu announced that another suspected case tested negative on Sunday. He also stated that the facilities at the Isolation Centre were adequate after he visited.

Sanwo-Olu said: “I was taken around the facility. I saw the entire incident control centre. I was gladly surprised by the level of preparedness of our team. It shows that we have Nigerians that take their jobs seriously.

“Regarding the index case, I did not enter the ward. I was told he was responding to treatment and that he was getting a whole lot better. They are monitoring him closely and everything is under control.

Sanwo-Olu also said that Lagos has a standard testing laboratory:

“The facility is first-class. Both local and international reporters, over 60 of them, were there to see the state of the infrastructure, which is comparable to any other facility we have in the country.”

On reports that the index case complained about the state of the facility, the governor said: “Where the patient was first tested was like a holding bay. It was only when they test positive that they will put them in the main quarantine facilities.

“So, there was a holding bay before you now move into the main quarantine facilities. The patient is well taken care of.”

“We are going to have interaction with local government chairmen, members of community development associations, transport owners and workers, market men and women to educate them on symptoms to look for.

“We are going to meet with our brother governors and commissioners for health in the Southwest so as to compare notes, on efforts to control coronavirus,” he said.