Health News of Friday, 28 February 2020
Source: www.mynigeria.com
Nigeria has recorded its first case of coronvirus (Covid-19) case in Lagos State.
This was confirmed by the State's Ministry of health less than two hours ago in a press statement made avaialble on Twitter.
The press statement read thus:
“The case is an Italian citizen who entered Nigeria on the 25th of February from Milan, Italy, for a brief business visit.
“He fell ill on the 26th February and was transferred to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing. COVID-19 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, and is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos,” the statement read partly.”
The commissioner said the state government through the Lagos State Ministry of Health, had put measures in place to ensure that any outbreak in the state was controlled and contained quickly in collaboration with the multi-sectoral Coronavirus Preparedness Group, led by the NCDC.
FIRST CASE OF #COVID2019 CONFIRMED IN LAGOS@followlasg through @LSMOH has confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Lagos and reported it to @Fmohnigeria. pic.twitter.com/JRp3tiFxUS
— LSMOH (@LSMOH) February 28, 2020
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 pic.twitter.com/uF79NYzvAz
— Federal Ministry of Health, NIGERIA (@Fmohnigeria) February 27, 2020