Coronavirus: All Three Suspected Cases in Lagos Have Tested Negative

The testing of three suspected cases of coronavirus reported in Lagos on Thursday has emerged negative, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, said on Friday.

However, in a tweet on Friday evening, Professor Abayomi said all three do not carry the virus.

Prof Akin Abayomi is the Lagos State Commissioner for Health.

This means Nigeria has only one confirmed case of the virus which has killed more than 3000 people and infected over 100,000 people across the world.

Nigeria recorded its first confirmed case of the virus exactly one week ago following the arrival of an Italian from Milan, which has the worst case of the disease in Europe.

The patient reportedly lodged in a hotel close to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on February 24 before proceeding to Ewekoro in Ogun state, the next day.

He was said to have manifested symptoms of the virus before he was tested for coronavirus and Infectious Disease Hospital.

The government subsequently announced that 38 persons who had contact with him were traced and isolated.