Harboursandport.com: Lagos - The Nigerian Government has
confirmed the second death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
The
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday during the
Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He
said, “Till date, three persons have been discharged after successful
treatment. But sadly, another fatality was recorded over the weekend in the
person of a patient who had severe underlying illnesses”.
“We
have intensified contact tracing and our strategy remains to promptly detect
cases, isolate them, and follow up with their contacts and also isolate and
treat, in order to reduce the spread of the infection.”
“As
of today, the 30th of March, 2020, we have recorded 111 confirmed cases of
COVID-19 in Nigeria of which 68 are in Lagos, 21 in the FCT, seven in Oyo,
three in Ogun, two in Bauchi, two in Edo, two in Osun, two in Enugu, and
one each in Benue, Ekiti, Kaduna and Rivers States,” Ehanire added.
He
stressed that Nigeria has 111 confirmed cases of COVID-19, saying a majority of
them were persons who came in from overseas.
According
to the health minister, the highest number of confirmed cases are in Lagos and
Abuja because they serve as the major gateways to the country.
He
also informed the gathering that all retired but able-bodied staff of the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Federal Ministry of Health were
being recalled.
Ehanire
warned Nigerians to protect the elderly among them, as well as those having
underlying health issues as they were the most vulnerable.
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