The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 23
suspected cases of coronavirus have been identified in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, FCT
and Kano states.
Chikwe Ihekweazu, NCDC director-general, disclosed this on
Sunday, in Abuja.
He said besides the index case recorded in Lagos, there is
no new confirmed case of the virus in the country.
Ihekweazu said a total of 219 contacts of the index case
were identified, including contacts from hotel, workplace and hospital.
“No new contacts have been reported in Lagos and Ogun
states,” he said.
He said the confirmed case is clinically stable at the
designated treatment facility for the virus at the infectious disease hospital
(IDH) in Yaba, Lagos.
He reiterated that a multi-sectoral national emergency
operations centre (EOC) activated at level three had continued to coordinate
the national response activities led by NCDC.
He said field investigations were ongoing and all contacts
were undergoing daily symptom monitoring.
He said there was also a centralised follow-up of persons of
interests (POIs) initiated for people outside Lagos and Ogun states.
“Testing of samples collected through the national influenza
sentinel surveillance system as part of enhanced surveillance is ongoing,” he
said.
“A draft tool for tracking and monitoring HCW infection has
been developed.”
Ihekweazu said resources on the virus have also been
developed by NCDC for guidance of schools, infection prevention and control
recommendations for health workers.
Since the outbreak of the disease in December 2019 in Wuhan,
China, more than 100,000 people across 91 countries have been infected, with at
least 3,000 deaths reported.
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