All 3 coronavirus suspects test negative in Lagos - Health commissioner
- The Lagos state government has revealed the coronavirus status of three persons who were earlier suspected to have been infected with the virus
- According to the ministry of health in the state, the individuals, after necessary tests were conducted on them, proved negative to the epidemic
- This was revealed by the commissioner for health in Lagos, Akin Abayomi, on Friday, March 6
The commissioner for health in Lagos, Akin Abayomi, has confirmed that all the three coronavirus suspects in the state have tested negative to the virus.
Abayomi revealed this on Friday, March 6, through his official Twitter page.
Abayomi, revealing the development, wrote: "All the three COVID19 suspected cases; travellers from France, England and China whose samples were collected yesterday for analysis have tested negative and they have been discharged."
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that two out of the three suspected cases of coronavirus had tested negative for the disease, Osagie Ehanire, the minister of health has disclosed.
The minister who made the disclosure at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, March 6, said the result of the third suspected case is still being awaited.
Osagie asked Nigerians to refrain from discriminating against foreign nationals over fears of the virus.
The minister also urged citizens to maintain good social distance. He said the authorities had already strengthened the screening of every passenger that enters the country.
The update by the minister of health followed a disclosure by Abayomi that there were three suspected cases of coronavirus in the state.
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He said one case was from France, another from England and the third one from China. The commissioner.
In another post, Legit.ng reported that Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had said that the prevalence of malaria in Africa could complicate the diagnosis of the deadly coronavirus in the continent.
After the first reported case of the new disease was confirmed in Lagos state, Nigeria, health officials had been on their toes in order to prevent the spread of the virus.
Ihekweazu, a renowned epidemiologist leading the fight against coronavirus in Nigeria, explained that similar symptoms such as body aches at the onset of both diseases could make it difficult to diagnose the coronavirus early.
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