Just in: Nigeria confirms new case of Coronavirus

Just in: Nigeria confirms new case of Coronavirus

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:04 am


Coronavirus

Nigeria on Tuesday announced its third case of Coronavirus.

Lagos Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi told journalists in Lagos that the third case was a woman who just came back from the United Kingdom.

“This is a new case independent of the index case of a 30 year-old Nigerian, female, who returned from the UK on 13th March,” he commissioner revealed.

Details later.

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