The Ministry of Health in Lagos State has confirmed its first case of the novel Coronavirus disease, incidentally the first in Nigeria and in West Africa since the outbreak in China in January 2020.
This was contained in a statement released on Friday morning by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi.
This is the second confirmed case in Africa following one recently recorded in Algeria in North Africa.
The novel virus is fast spreading, having been reported in over 20 countries across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and lately in Africa.
Like the case confirmed in Algeria, the victim, an Italian traveller, arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday from Milan on a business trip.
The victim used the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos.
The victim whose name was not identified is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.
