The Nigeria Centre
for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is monitoring 8,881 “passengers of interest”
in relation to COVID-19.
This was contained
in its situation report dated April 5, 2020.
The report is the
37th in the series, following confirmation of the first coronavirus case in
Nigeria on February 27, 2020.
“The National EOC is
working with affected State EOCs to identify contacts of the new confirmed
cases. A cumulative total of 8881 passengers of interest (POI) identified and
being monitored,” it read.
The report, which
specifically states that the data is “as at 12 midnight on 05/04/2020”, also
takes into account the eight new cases announced on Sunday night.
Of the 232 confirmed
cases captured in the report, “101 (44%) have travel history to high risk
countries, 35 (15%) are contacts of known confirmed cases and 96 (41%) of cases
have incomplete epidemiological information. 70% are males, 27% are female, 3%
have incomplete epidemiological information. Age group most affected are 31-50
(39%).”
Nigeria recorded its
first case of the disease on February 27 following the arrival of an Italian
from Milan.
The patient had
moved from Lagos to Ewekoro in Ogun state, where he fell sick and was tested
for the disease.
He was subsequently
admitted to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos and discharged after
three weeks of receiving treatment.
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