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Nigeria: Health Ministry Confirms Country's First Coronavirus Case
Premium Times, 28 February 2020
Nigeria has recorded its first case of Coronavirus after an Italian national tested positive to the virus, the Federal Ministry of Health has said Read more »
Nigeria Records First Coronavirus Case
Nigeria has recorded its first case of coronavirus. "The case is an Italian citizen who entered Nigeria on the 25th of February from Milan, Italy for a brief business visit. He fell ill on the 26th February and was transfered to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing," the Lagos State Ministry of Health said in a statement.
The tweet in which Nigeria's federal health ministry announced the country's first coronavirus case.
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