The Lagos State Government have shut down Six private hospitals in the State due to exposure to COVID-19.
Some of the staff of the hospital have contacted the virus due to infected patient.
The State government on Monday, after review have decided to decontaminated the hospitals and placed them under lock for two weeks.
The hospitals are: St Nicholas, Lagos Island branch, First Cardiology Consultants Hospital, Ikoyi (where Abba Kyari died), St Edwards Hospital, Ajah, Vedic Lifecare Hospital, Lekki, County Hospital, Ogba and Premier Specialist Hospital, Victoria Island.
One of the hospitals, Vevic Lifecare Hospital in Lekki, in a statement announced that the management suspended operations for approximately ten days.
It said the decision became necessary after a COVID-19 patient was inadvertently admitted at the facility and two hospital staff members contracted the deadly virus.
The staff and family members who visited the hospital or had been in contact with anyone who visited any of the above-listed hospitals were advised to self-isolate and call the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
4/21/2020 - 1:20pm
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