The Lagos State Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
The case according to the Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi was confirmed on February 2020 27 and has been reported to the Federal Ministry of Health.
A statement issued by Prof. Abayomi said the case involved “an Italian citizen who entered Nigeria on the 25th of Feburary from Milan, Italy for a brief business visit.”
According to him, the man was said to have fallen ill on February 26 and transferred to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing.
The Commissioner stated that the case was confirmed as COVID-19 infection by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Laboratory Network of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
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He added: “The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms, and is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.
“The Government of Lagos State under the Governor as the COVID-19 Incident Commander, through the Lagos State Ministry of Health, has been strengthening measures to ensure that any outbreak in Lagos is controlled and contained quickly in collaboration with the multi-sectoral Coronavirus Preparedness Group, led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
“We have immediately activated the State Emergency Operations Centre to respond to this case and implement firm control measures.
“I wish to assure all Lagosians and Nigerians that we have been strengthening our preparedness since the first confirmation of cases in China.
“We will use all the resources made available by the State and the Federal Government to respond to this case.”
We are working to identify all the contacts of the patient, since he arrived in Nigeria.”
