Coronavirus cases in Nigeria on Wednesday increased from three to eight within the last 48 hours with four of the five new cases in Lagos State, while
Coronavirus cases in Nigeria on Wednesday increased from three to eight within the last 48 hours with four of the five new cases in Lagos State, while one was in Ekiti State. A detailed travel history of each person is being compiled and contacts are currently being traced, to identify persons who have recently been in touch with anyone, ThePunch is reporting.
In the Ekiti case, an American who came into the country from Benin Republic with the virus, infected his driver who drove all the way to Ibadan before they berthed in Ekiti State. The American might have died of the disease because the state government said the American died of complications as test conducted on him was inconclusive.
These follows the first recorded case in Nigeria on February 27 when an Italian businessman, who was on a visit to Lafarge Africa Plc, Ewekoro, Ogun State, was diagnosed with the disease and taken to Lagos State, where he is currently being treated. The second coronavirus case was a Nigerian, who had contact with the Italian and was isolated in Ogun State. Although he tested positive twice, subsequent tests were negative.
On Tuesday, the Federal Government said a 30-year-old woman, who returned to the country on Friday from the United Kingdom, was diagnosed with coronavirus. Three people who arrived from the United States, while two Nigerians came in from the United Kingdom. Two of the three from the US are Nigerians – a mother and child – making the six-week-old baby the youngest COVID-19 patient.
But the Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo states as well as the Federal Government are tracing no fewer than 800 people including those who boarded the same flights with the cases. Those being traced included people that came on the same flights with the cases on March 3 March 8, March 13
The planes include a Virgin Atlantic flight on March 3, another Virgin Atlantic flight on March 8 and the British Airway flight on March 13. “We have a tough task ahead of us. We are tracing more than 800 people including those who boarded same flights and stayed in the same place with them. The figure may go up,” a top Federal Government official said.
