The Nigerian man who had earlier tested positive for coronavirus has now tested negative, it has been revealed.
According to The Punch, the second patient, who earlier tested positive for coronavirus in Nigeria, has now tested negative.
This revelation was made by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire.
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Last week, Nigeria has confirmed a second case of Coronavirus (COVID-19), barely two weeks after an Italian who travelled to Lagos from Milan tested positive for the virus.
The second COVID-29 case was detected in a Nigerian who had contact with the Italian who first tested positive for the deadly disease.
The new case was confirmed by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, during a press conference in Edo state on Monday.
The Federal Ministry of Health has on 27th February confirmed a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State, Nigeria.
The case, which was confirmed on the is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the outbreak in China in January 2020.
The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020. He 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.
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The Government of Nigeria, through the Federal Ministry of Health has been strengthening measures to ensure an outbreak in Nigeria is controlled and contained quickly.
The multi-sectoral Coronavirus Preparedness Group led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has immediately activated its national Emergency Operations Centre and will work closely with Lagos State Health authorities to respond to this case and implement firm control measures.
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