The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made this known during the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He said, “Till date, three persons have been discharged after successful treatment. But sadly, another fatality was recorded over the weekend in the person of a patient who had severe underlying illnesses.
“We have intensified contact tracing and our strategy remains to promptly detect cases, isolate them, and follow up with their contacts and also isolate and treat, in order to reduce the spread of the infection.”
“As of today, the 30th of March, 2020, we have recorded 111 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria of which 68 are in Lagos, 21 in the FCT, seven in Oyo, three in Ogun, two in Bauchi, two in Edo, two in Osun, two in Enugu, and one each in Benue, Ekiti, Kaduna and Rivers States,” Ehanire added.
The coronavirus is an ongoing global pandemic, which is responsible for the death of over 35,000, with over 741,000 people also reported to have been infected by the virus.
The CEO of Fancy Hotel, Christogonus Aguwa Osuagwu who just came back from Europe, where Coronavirus is ravaging, has died. Instead of subjecting himself to test, he flew to Abuja where he died yesterday. All efforts by the NCDC to trace
him proved abortive. Even the DSS went to his hotel to look for him to force him to quarantine but couldn't find him. His hotel located at Umuguma in Owerri, the Imo state capital, had been shutdown today by the State Government while all the guests are quarantined. His immediate family whom he visited in Ahiazu Mbaise as soon as he came back from Europe have also been quarantined. May God accept his soul and give his family the fortitude to bear the loss. Pls observe the stay at home order ... Thank you
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