Coronavirus: There's no new case in Nigeria - NCDC
- The NCDC has reacted to claims of new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria
- Chikwe Ihekweazu, the head of NCDC, on Saturday, March 7, said that of all the 23 suspected cases earlier reported only one tested positive
- Ihekweazu also stated that the confirmed case is clinically stable at a healthcare facility in Yaba, Lagos
Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that there is no new case of coronavirus in the country.
Ihekweazu made this revelation on Saturday, March 7, in Abuja as he briefed journalists on the status of the reported 23 suspected cases identified in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, FCT and Kano, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
He said that the only confirmed case at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) Yaba, Lagos, was stable as at press time.
The NCDC boss added that the agency alongside the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is coordinating the response activities throughout Nigeria.
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Ihekweazu added: “Testing of samples collected through the national influenza sentinel surveillance system as part of enhanced surveillance is ongoing. A draft tool for tracking and monitoring HCW infection has been developed.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the condition of an Italian patient infected with coronavirus has improved, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Lagos state commissioner of health had confirmed.
Abayomi on Saturday, February 29, noted that the patient has not developed new symptoms. The commissioner while giving an update on the deadly disease at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, in Lagos called for a stop in spreading unverified information about the situation in the state.
He reiterated the Lagos state government’s commitment to protecting citizen’s health.
Abayomi went on to note that in the next two to three days another test will be conducted for the patient to be sure that there were no more virus particles in his saliva.
He added that once there is no more virus, the patient would be released back into society very soon.
However, the commission stated he couldn't give a specific number of people that have been quarantined, adding that the number keeps increasing.
The Italian who was tested positive to the disease in Lagos also visited Ogun state. The Italian who was confirmed positive to the virus on Thursday, February 27, had also visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro local government area in Ogun state.
The state's commissioner of health, Tomi Coker, on Friday, February 28, however, assured the residents and visitors in the state not to panic.
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