First Case of Coronavirus Confirmed In Nigeria

For the first time in West Africa,since the outbreak in China on December 31, 2019, a case of corona...

For the first time in West Africa,since the outbreak in China on December 31, 2019, a case of coronavirus has been recorded in Nigeria by the health officials which was confirmed Thursday.

In a post on twitter, The Federal Ministry of Health stated that, the case was recorded in the commercial capital, Lagos. He further stated that, the patient is with no serious symptoms, he is clinically stable, and is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.

He showed enough concern about the health of his people and advised them to pay adequate attention to their hygiene, reeling out measures to prevent contracting the disease.

A statement signed by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, stated that an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on February 25, 2020, was suspected to have contracted the disease.

Mr Osagie said he (Italian) was confirmed by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Laboratory Network of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

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