We Have Isolation Centres Not Known To Public To Avoid Stigmatisation-Gov Sanwo-Olu

The Lagos State government has received donations of private property that have been converted to isolation Centres for Coronavirus.

This was disclosed by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

This is coming after the minister of health,Osagie Ehanire, had asked Nigerians to donate their buildings for use as isolation centres.

Speaking during a media briefing, Sanwo-Olu said the state decided to keep the private properties away from the public so that they would not be stigmatised after the pandemic.

“There have been several conversations. People wrote that Lagos is out of bed spaces, but the very next day we opened another isolation centre. We are opening another isolation centre for the health workers,” the governor said.

“We have other isolation centres that are not known to the media because they are private properties. They are private hotels.

“We do not want a situation where post-COVID, it becomes a stigmatised place. people are going there and they are getting well.”

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had announced that Lagos was  “struggling” for bed spaces to treat COVID-19 patients.