Fear has gripped many Nigerians as the country records it’s first case of Coronavirus.
A report from the Health Ministry in Nigeria has confirmed that the case was recorded at the largest city Lagos, home to the southwestern commercial capital of the same name. Lagos has a population of about 20 million and happens to be the largest city in Africa.
“The case…is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the outbreak in China in January,” the health ministry said in its post on Twitter. Adding that the infection was confirmed on Thursday.
Below is the post
@Fmohnigeria
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a coronavirus(Covid-19) case in Lagos State Nigeria. The case which was confirmed on 27/02/2020 is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the outbreak in China in January 2020 @WHO @BBCWorld #CoronaVirusUpdates
The health minister Osagie Ehanire, in a statement, disclosed that the case reported is from an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos Feb. 25.
His infection was confirmed by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Laboratory Network of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
“The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms,” said the minister, adding that he was being treated at a hospital in the Lagos district of Yaba
“We have already started working to get all the contacts of the patient, since he entered Nigeria,” said Ehanire.
The minister has assured that the authorities have been strengthening measures to ensure an outbreak in Nigeria is controlled and contained quickly.
source: www.ghgossip
