NIGERIA RECORDS IT'S FIRST CASE OF CORONAVIRUS

The Federal Ministry of Helath has annonce it's first coronavirus known as "CONVID19" in Nigeria.  On Thursday they confirmed it via report. 

This virus first started in China the world most populated country, in Africa after Egypt and Algeria, Nigeria is the third affected African country. 

They wrote:

"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 transfered to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing,” the Lagos State Ministry of Health also said in a statement.

“#COVID2019 infection was confirmed by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital @LUTHofficial, part of the Laboratory Network of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control @NCDCgov.

“The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms, and is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital (Mainland Hospital) in Yaba, Lagos.”

Federal Ministry of Health, NIGERIA

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The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a coronavirus(Covid-19) case in Lagos State Nigeria. The case which was confirmed on 27/02/2020 is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the outbreak in China in January 2020 @WHO @BBCWorld #CoronaVirusUpdates

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