The Lagos state government has confirmed a third case of
coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state.
Akin Abayomi, the state’s commissioner of health, disclosed
this at a press conference, on Tuesday.
”We have a 30-year-old who returned on March 13. She
returned from the UK after a 10-day stay. After the isolation period, she
became unwell and had dry cough,” he said.
”We went to collect her sample and we tested that sample and
that sample tested positive. As at yesterday, we now have a third case in
Lagos, and as I know, Nigeria. As I speak, the honourable minister of health is
giving his press briefing.
”She arrived on BA 75 on the 13th of March. As of last
night, we have kick started the process of isolation. She has been moved from
her home to infectious centre in Yaba. She is no longer a suspect, she is a
confirmed case. We will be reaching out to every member of that flight. We are
going to repeat what we did with the index case.
”Luckily, she has been very obedient to our directives so
she didn’t go anywhere till we moved her. She has been moved with her family,
who are in the family suite, well separated from her. This is an additional
measure because in Lagos we are trying to be very aggressive with the contact
tracing because we don’t want the case to be transmitted. She is doing well,
she does not need any active intervention but supportive care.”
This development comes days after the state government
confirmed that the second case was now free of the virus.
Breaking!— LSMOH (@LSMOH) March 17, 2020
Third case of #COVID19NIGERIA confirmed in Lagos.
- This is a new case independent of the index case
- 30 year old Nigerian, female
- Returned from the UK on 13th March
- Observed self-Isolation, developed symptoms
- Tested positive
- Now at Mainland GH receiving care pic.twitter.com/f8osZk4Ba4
The new case is said to be independent of Nigeria’s index
case — the Italian who travelled from Milan to Lagos in February.
This also brings the total number of cases of the disease in
the country to three.
Twenty-seven African countries have recorded cases of
COVID-19, the latest being Benin, Liberia, Somalia and Tanzania.
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