JUST IN: Gov. Sanwo-Olu Orders Compulsory Use Of Face Masks In Lagos

Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says wearing og face masks by residents would br made compulsory from next week.

The Governor noted that this would help in preventing the spread of the virus.

He said this during a media briefing on COVID-19 updates in Lagos on Monday.

He said, “From next week, we are going to be making face masks compulsory in Lagos state. We have commissioned more than one million face masks to be distributed in the state.”

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, had on Sunday said the wearing of face masks protects people around an infected person.

“There is some theoretical evidence that the wearing of masks may indeed reduce the amount of droplets in the environment from the person that is infected with COVID-19 and that is the reason why we are beginning to define the strategy of face masks for the general community,” he said.