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Health News of Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Quarantine yourself if you were on the British Airways flight- Commissioner for Health warns

Coronavirus (for illustration) Coronavirus (for illustration)

Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has advised passengers on the British Airways flight that ferried in the third confirmed COVID19 case to self isolate themselves at home.

He made this announcement just after the third coronavirus case was confirmed in Lagos.

The commissioner also urged the passengers on the plane to call the Lagos State Ministry of Health hotlines to report further developments.



Recall that a third coronavirus case was confirmed in Lagos this morning.

This new case is a Nigerian female, about 30 years of age who returned from the United Kingdom on March 13th, 2020, according to Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat.