Nimkong Larndam, Plateau state commissioner of health, says
there is no confirmed case of coronavirus in the state.
Three Chinese nationals were quarantined in Wase local
government area of the state over suspicion that they may have contracted
coronavirus.
But during a press conference on Sunday, the commissioner
said the 43 persons in isolation all tested negative.
He said they will be isolated for a period of 14 days in
order to further confirm their status.
“We have four Chinese miners who just returned from holidays
in China, since they came from another country that is heavily infected with
the virus, they could be suspected to have the virus. But the Chinese were
screened in Addis Ababa, Eithiopa, they were also screened in Abuja airport,
and in those screenings, they proved negative,” he said.
“Even though the suspects were not positive, such people are
supposed to be isolated for 14 days. So we have isolated them between now and
11th of March.
“It is not only the four Chinese be that we had to isolate,
all the people that had contacts with the Chinese on their return to Wase have
to be fished and isolated too.”
Larndam said the suspects will return to their normal lives
once confirmed that they have no symptom of the virus.
The commissioner urged residents of the state to carry out
their normal activities, adding that all measures have been put in place to cater
for emergencies.
“So, the fact that we have to isolated these suspects is not
a confirmation that the virus has been detected in the state, we are only being
very cautious,” he said.
“As we monitor those 43 we have isolated, at the end of the
14 days, if they do not show any symptom of coronavirus, we will allow them to
enjoy their normal life.
“But so far, there is no reason to panic, the situation in
Plateau is under control.”
The first coronavirus patient in Nigeria, an Italian, is
under quarantine and receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital in
Yaba, Lagos state.
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