Health News of Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Source: www.mynigeria.com
Five new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria, according to the Federal Ministry of Health.
This latest announcement brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria to eight.
All the five newly reported cases have a travel history to the UK/USA.
Citizens were urged to remain calm as possible as the Ministry of Health promised to trace the contacts; conduct risk assessments, and bring the situation under control.
A detailed travel history of each case is being compiled & contact tracing has begun
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 18, 2020
Our National Emergency Operations Centre is supporting response in the states
The Federal Government through @Fmohnigeria is conducting risk assessment to initiate other relevant measures pic.twitter.com/BuzK5JSKnD