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Mamlaka ya Afya ya Nigeria (Federal Ministry of health) imetangaza kugundulika kwa mgonjwa wa kwanza wa COVID-19, waziri wa afya amesema mgonjwa huyo ni raia wa Italia anayefanya kazi Lagos na siku za karibuni alirejea kutoka Milan (Italy), kwasasa mgonjwa huyo yupo katika uangalizi wa kimatibabu mjini Yaba ndani ya Lagos na serikali inafanya juhudi kuatambua watu wote ambao mgonjwa huyo alikutana nao.
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The Federal Ministry of Health announced on Thursday, February 27, that the first case of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been confirmed in Nigeria. According to the Minister of Health, the case was detected in an Italian citizen working in Lagos who had recently returned from a trip to Milan (Italy). The individual is in stable condition and is being treated in isolation at a hospital in Yaba (Lagos state). Health officials are working to identify anyone the patient has come into contact with since entering Nigeria.
Source: Gardaworld Security.
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The case in Nigeria is an Italian man who arrived in Nigeria three days ago.
The Health Ministry said on Twitter that the case was in the state of Lagos, home to the southwestern commercial capital of the same name. Lagos is the biggest city in Africa's most populous country, with a population of about 20 million.
The health minister Osagie Ehanire, in a statement, said the case was an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos Feb. 25.
"The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms," said the minister, adding that he was being treated at a hospital in the Lagos district of Yaba.
"We have already started working to identify all the contacts of the patient, since he entered Nigeria," said Ehanire.
The minister said authorities have been strengthening measures to ensure an outbreak in Nigeria is controlled and contained quickly.
For English Audience.
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The Federal Ministry of Health announced on Thursday, February 27, that the first case of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been confirmed in Nigeria. According to the Minister of Health, the case was detected in an Italian citizen working in Lagos who had recently returned from a trip to Milan (Italy). The individual is in stable condition and is being treated in isolation at a hospital in Yaba (Lagos state). Health officials are working to identify anyone the patient has come into contact with since entering Nigeria.
Source: Gardaworld Security.
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The case in Nigeria is an Italian man who arrived in Nigeria three days ago.
The Health Ministry said on Twitter that the case was in the state of Lagos, home to the southwestern commercial capital of the same name. Lagos is the biggest city in Africa's most populous country, with a population of about 20 million.
The health minister Osagie Ehanire, in a statement, said the case was an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos Feb. 25.
"The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms," said the minister, adding that he was being treated at a hospital in the Lagos district of Yaba.
"We have already started working to identify all the contacts of the patient, since he entered Nigeria," said Ehanire.
The minister said authorities have been strengthening measures to ensure an outbreak in Nigeria is controlled and contained quickly.
