Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has warned of a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the state, and Nigeria by extension.
In a statement issued on Sunday evening and personally signed by him, Mr Sanwo-Olu reeled out statistics of the increasing number of cases in the state and the need to buckle up, especially as the Islamic religious festival of Eid-l-Adha nears.
The governor said the number of confirmed cases, which had earlier reduced to one per cent average as of the end of June, has suddenly increased to 6.6 per cent rate as of Thursday, July 8.
Mr Sanwo-Olu, however, did not say whether the new Delta variant, which has been described as the most transmissible, has been found in Lagos or not.
But Mr Sanwo-Olu noted that as the pandemic epicentre in the country, how Lagos handles the situation would tell on the fate of Nigeria and Nigerians as a whole.
He, therefore, urged full compliance with all the protocols imposed in the country and threatened to prosecute anyone found to have willfully flouted the protocols, and particularly the travellers.
