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Covid-19 Outbreak In Nigeria -- News Updates February 28, 2020



Reuters: Nigeria's first coronavirus case came on flight via Istanbul, went to Ogun state: Lagos health commission

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria’s first confirmed coronovirus case entered the country on a Turkish Airlines flight that traveled via Istanbul, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health told a news conference on Friday.

The man, who traveled from Milan, Italy, and landed on the evening of Feb. 24, spent the night in a hotel near the airport, and continued to his place of work in neighboring Ogun state, Commissioner Akin Abayomi said.

He was treated on the evening of Feb. 26 at his company’s medical facility before health practitioners there called government biosecurity officers, who transferred him on Feb. 27 to a containment facility in Yaba, Lagos.

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Covid-19 Outbreak In Nigeria -- News Updates February 28, 2020

Coronavirus: Nigeria confirms first case in sub-Saharan Africa -- BBC
Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case in Sub-Saharan Africa -- France 24
Nigeria braces as coronavirus arrives in megacity Lagos -- AFP
Italian with coronavirus in Nigeria was not isolated for almost 48 hours -- Reuters
Coronavirus: Kenya court suspends all flights from China -- BBC
Vulnerable continent: Africa and the coronavirus -- AFP
Coronavirus: How Africa has been preparing for outbreak -- DW
Coronavirus: Are African countries ready? -- Anne Soy, BBC News

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