Lagos State government has confirmed another case of coronavirus.
It is the third in the country.
The first case was an Italian who came into the country from Milan in February while the second was one of those who got in contact with him on arrival.
Announcing the new case, the Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi, at a press conference on Tuesday, said the new patient is a 30 years old who returned to Nigeria on March 13 after a 10-day stay in the United Kingdom.
His words: “We have a 30-year-old who returned on March 13. She returned from the UK after a 10-day stay. After the isolation period, she became unwell and had dry cough.
“We went to collect her sample and we tested that sample and that sample tested positive. As at yesterday, we now have a third case in Lagos, and as I know, Nigeria. As I speak, the honourable minister of health is giving his press briefing.
“She arrived on BA 75 on the 13th of March. As of last night, we have kick started the process of isolation. She has been moved from her home to infectious centre in Yaba. She is no longer a suspect, she is a confirmed case. We will be reaching out to every member of that flight. We are going to repeat what we did with the index case.
“Luckily, she has been very obedient to our directives so she didn’t go anywhere till we moved her. She has been moved with her family, who are in the family suite, well separated from her. This is an additional measure because in Lagos we are trying to be very aggressive with the contact tracing because we don’t want the case to be transmitted. She is doing well, she does not need any active intervention but supportive care.”
