The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced a third case of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Country.
According to a tweet on their page;
The Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Health, NIGERIA has announced the 3rd case of #COVID19 in Nigeria
The case is a Nigerian who returned to Lagos from UK & developed symptoms during her 14-day self-isolation
She is clinically stable & is being treated at Infectious Disease Hospital, Lagos
The Honourable Minister @Fmohnigeria has announced the 3rd case of #COVID19 in Nigeria
The case is a Nigerian who returned to Lagos from UK & developed symptoms during her 14-day self-isolation
She is clinically stable & is being treated at Infectious Disease Hospital, Lagos pic.twitter.com/eRKAAx3JzK
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 17, 2020
According to reports on social media, the said lady is a 30 year old Nigerian woman that returned from the UK on 13th of March
She isolated herself, and then developed symptoms similar to the covid19 infection.