Nigeria has a second confirmed coronavirus case, the country’s health minister said on Twitter on Monday.
Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said the second case had been in contact with the Italian man, who is a vendor working for cement company Lafarge Africa PLC.
The patient is being treated at a hospital in the Yaba district of Lagos.
Today, March 9th, I announced 1 (one) more case of #COVID19 in #Nigeria. To date, there are 2 (two) confirmed cases.
The new case is an Ogun State contact of the index case, one of 40 persons in isolation being closely monitored. He is clinically stable.
#COVID19Nigeria pic.twitter.com/ANJCpaT5dK— Dr. E. Osagie Ehanire MD, FWACS (@DrEOEhanire) March 9, 2020
