Fake COVID-19 test results are being sold in the market, the Lagos state government has warned.
The Lagos state commissioner for health, Professor Akin Abayomi, said processes are being put in place to clamp down on both buyers and sellers of the fake COVID-19 tes results.
“It has come to our attention that a number of people are patronizing individuals that sell fake COVID-19 results. We are currently putting in processes to identify both buyers and sellers and we will not hesitate to prosecute either to the full extent of the law,” he said.
The commissioner also disclosed that in order to properly treat critical COVID-19 cases, the state has completed 10 oxygen centres across 10 COVID-19 high-burden local government areas in the state.
According t Abayomi, the state also threatened to deactivate the passports of travelers who refuse to comply with COVID-19 testing protocols.
Lagos has so far recorded about 28,700 cases, with 236 deaths.