Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that the
number of persons that had contact with the Italian man diagnosed with
Coronavirus in Lagos and Ogun states are 19 and 39 respectively.
At a press conferenec today, Ehanire said all the 58 persons
have been placed under supervised self-isolation.
“Currently, the contacts of the index case are identified as
19 contacts in Lagos and 39 contacts in Ogun state. We are in touch with these
contacts who are under supervised self-isolation and the states have provided
them with temperature monitoring tools. Both Ogun and Lagos states have
activated their EOCs also.
As at the 1st of March, there is no new confirmed case in
Nigeria. About 14 tests have been done, and except that one patient, no other
person has been diagnosed.
There were 156 passengers on the manifest of the flight that
brought the index case. Port health services and NCDC have been supporting both
Lagos and Ogun state governments to carry out contact tracing and other
response activities.
We have also deployed rapid response teams from the NCDC who
are working closely with all the states. It is important that all Nigerians
focus on the facts not fear and not to generate panic” he said
