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Business News of Sunday, 5 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

There is no mass outbreak of Coronavirus in our estate- NNPC

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has dismissed any reports of a mass outbreak of Coronavirus at an apartment in the NNPC Estate, in the Garki area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

According to a statement signed by the national oil firm to the general public, it said it was "an isolated incident" in which it was aware of the actions taken by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to contain the spread.

The corporation explained that the said case, involving a non-member of staff of the corporation, had to do with the individual who had just returned from the United Kingdom and developed symptoms of the disease.

His case was said to have been confirmed positive by the NCDC after undergoing a laboratory test in line with the agency's approved protocol. All residents of the affected apartment were moved out and placed in Isolation while officials of the NCDC disinfected the flat and adjoining areas to eliminate the chances of community infection.

The oil firm said it had long embarked on public awareness campaigns within Corporation and beyond her borders including sharing with the residents of the Estate guidelines on successful self-supervised isolation to ensure strict adherence to all of NCDC's prescribed safety measures designed to tackle the COVID-19 global pandemic.