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28 persons have been quarantined at Ogun state following the first case of
Coronavirus reported in Nigeria.
The Health Ministry released a
statement in the morning announcing that an Italian has been identified for
carrying the virus. The Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and just returned
from Milan, Italy on the 25th of February 2020, was confirmed to have the COVID
19 virus by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Friday.
According
to the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, the company where the Italian had
visited in Ewekoro has been closed down, while two isolation centres have been
identified following the report.
He
added that surveillance centres have been reactivated in all the 20 Local
Government Areas in the state and the Olabisi Onabanjo teaching hospital in
Sagamu in case of an outbreak.
Source: www.globaltipsgh.com
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