Lagos State Government on Thursday confirmed four new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases of the deadly virus in the state to 11.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi made this disclosure, adding that the state is currently following over 1,300 people right now to find information about the state of their health and the number is increasing.
So far however, 12 people have been officially confirmed to be infected with the deadly virus in the country.
Prof Abayomi disclosed that 19 people were tested for Coronavirus on Wednesday in Lagos and that four out of persons tested positive to the virus and had been isolated for treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
He said the first of the four new cases who tested positive to the disease was a woman who had contact with the woman who came from UK some days ago who was tested positive.
According to him, the second new case was a female who returned from France on 14th of March on a Turkish airline TK 1830.
The third case, he said, was a Nigerian male in his 50s who had not travelled anywhere, but was tested positive to the disease.
Abayomi stated that the fourth new case was a Nigerian male who arrived the country on 13th of March from Frankfurt to Lagos on Lufthansa airline, flight number LH568.
According to the commissioner, more tests were still being carried out, saying that it was clear that they have combination of imported cases and local transmission. The Executive of Lagos State is meeting on the next stage on social distancing.
According to him, the best way to slow the rate is to halt movement of the virus from person to person as he appealed to people on the two flights to self-isolate themselves and to reach the government.
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