The Nigeran
Government on Monday said there is no new confirmed case of coronavirus virus
out of the 14 tests done from contact tracing of first
case of (COVID-19)
The Minister of
Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Monday said those
who contacted the Italian man are under self-supervised isolation and have been
provided with temperature monitoring tools.
Ehanire said this
while giving updates on the outcome of the contact tracing from the coronavirus
index patient and measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
Coronavirus first
case in Nigeria was brought by an Italian citizen who entered Nigeria on Feb.
25 from Milan, Italy for a brief business visit.
The case is being
managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.
Ehanire said “The
ministry is working with the Lagos and Ogun state governments to carry contact
tracing and other response activities.
“Currently, the
contact tracing of the index case has identified 19 contacts in Lagos, 29
contacts in Ogun, including the driver that picked him up from the airport.
There is no fresh case.
“We are in touch
with these contacts who are under self-supervised isolation and the states have
provided them with temperature monitoring tools.”
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