Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, also commissioned 118-bed bio-security compliant isolation and treatment centre located within the premises of Gbagada General Hospital for the management of COVID-19 cases.

According to a statement by the state Ministry of Health, the three-floor facility included a dedicated intensive care isolation unit, ventilators, monitors, respirators, mobile x-ray, ultrasound, oxygen amongst other ultra-modern medical equipment.

Sanwo-Olu said an existing facility – the Cardiac and Renal Centre – within the hospital premises, which was not in use, was converted after an extensive renovation and upgrade was carried out to provide additional capacity to already existing isolation centres in the state.

He said the facility had an Independent Power Supply and backup Power Generator for uninterrupted power supply, adding that two other isolation facilities dedicated solely for frontline health workers who may come in contact with COVID-19 had been completed and expected to go live on Friday.