- The Lagos State government has assured residents that there is no case of coronavirus in the state.
Reports had spread that a man had been quarantine in a hospital in Lekki, thereby fueling fear amongst residents.
Clearing the issue via its Twitter handle, the state government said that there is no suspected or confirmed case of the virus in the state.
“The attention of Lagos state has been drawn to a story of a query suspected case of #2019nCoV infection which presented at a particular private hospital in Lekki, Lagos on 29/01/2020.
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“The subject in question is an adult male Nigerian who arrived from China 4 days ago. He was in Shanghai throughout his stay in China and during his stay he did not have any contact with anyone who was ill or from Wuhan region.
“On his return to Lagos he followed the Public advisory issued by Lagos State Ministry of Health like a responsible member of the society has chosen to self quarantine. He presented to a hospital for a check up just to be sure but was found to be perfectly well and asked to return home to continue his self quarantine. He is therefore clinically not a suspected case of #2019-nCoV as he is not exhibiting any symptoms.
“As of 2:38pm today (Saturday), the report from the epidemiology officers of the state’s Minsitry of Health and the doctor that attended to him at the hospital in Lekki indicatedthat he is in perfect health with no symptoms of #nCoV2019.
“Nevertheless, Lagos State Ministry of Health will continue to monitor his welfare till the end of his self quarantine period”, the state said.
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