Osagie Ehanire,
minister of health, says two out of the three suspected cases of coronavirus
tested negative for the disease.
He said the result
of the third suspected case is still being awaited.
On Thursday, Akin
Abayomi, Lagos commissioner of health, disclosed that three patients, who
returned from abroad, had been put in isolation for procedural checks.
Speaking at a news
conference in Abuja on Friday, the minister asked citizens not to profile
foreign nationals over fears of the virus.
“As of the three
cases, one of them, we are expecting the result; it takes some hours for the
results to come out,” he said.
”We must go away
from the idea of focusing on Chinese or any particular nationality because a
case that entered Nigeria, which is the index case is not Chinese.
“People should
maintain good social distance. We have already strengthened the screening of every
passenger that enters this country.”
Nigeria recorded its
first case on February 26. The index case is an Italian who came into the
country for business.
So far, this is the
only case of coronavirus in the country.
The disease, which
broke out in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, is taking a toll on countries
globally.
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