With the rising number of Covid-19 cases, Lagos and Kwara state governments have announced plans to convert their Hajj and pilgrims’ camps to isolation centres to ease the burden on hospital facilities and the limited number of bed spaces.
There had been a spike in the number of cases in the country in recent times.
On Saturday, there were 661 new cases, pushing the total cases to 19,808. There were 19 new deaths, pushing the total deaths to 506, while 19,808 patients have so far been discharged.
Meanwhile, the Bauchi State Government has also said it had prepared two schools for conversion into isolation centres.
The Lagos State Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Olusegun Ogboye, disclosed the possible conversion of Hajj camps and other public places into isolation centres in an interview with one of punch correspondents, noting that four communities with the highest cases were already under consideration.
The Bauchi State Government, on its part, said it had set apart two schools as isolation centres to accommodate more Covid-19 patients.
The state Commissioner for Education, Dr Aliyu Tilde, confirmed this to one of punch correspondents, saying the move was to plan ahead should current facilities be overstretched.
Meanwhile, Oyo State Government said it planned to partner hotels for bed spaces for prospective Covid-19 patients, while Osun, Katsina and Kano states claimed they had sufficient hospital bed spaces in case of rising Covid-19 cases.
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