Nigeria Records First Coronavirus Case In Lagos

Nigeria, and Lagos State has recorded its first Ccronavirus case (COVID-19) in the country since the disease broke out in China in January 2020.

This was contained in a statement released Friday morning by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi.

This is officially the third confirmed case in Africa following one earlier recorded in Algeria and in Egypt in North Africa.

The virus is fast spreading, having been reported in over 20 countries across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and lately in Africa with over 84,000 people having been infected.

The victim, an Italian traveller, arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday from Milan on a business trip through the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos

The victim has also been hospitalized at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos with the Lagos State Government saying it has reported the case to the Federal Ministry of Health.

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The statement from the government read, “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.”

Meanwhile, the Lagos state government has revealed it is working closely with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and other relevant groups to effectively managed the lone case out of circulation in the West African country.