An Italian citizen who traveled to Lagos, Nigeria's economic nerve center, is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in sub Saharan Africa, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Lagos, Nigeria An Italian citizen who traveled to Lagos, Nigeria's economic nerve center, is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in sub Saharan Africa, according to the country's Health Ministry.
The man works in Nigeria and had returned from Milan to Lagos on February 25, the ministry said."The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms, and is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos," the ministry said in a statement. "We have already started working to identify all the contacts of the patient, since he entered Nigeria," the ministry added, urging citizens not to panic.
Nigeria's government has been strengthening measures"to ensure an outbreak in Nigeria is controlled and contained quickly," according to the statement.Earlier this week, Algeria confirmed the first case on the continent, another Italian passenger who entered the country on February 17. The patient was placed in quarantine, and under close supervision, according to health authorities in Algeria.
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