Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has announced a second confirmed case of the deadly Coronavirus disease in the country.

Flavision gathered that the new patient had contact with the index patient (the Italian national imported coronavirus into Nigeria).

The health minister stated that the victim was one of those suspects who were placed isolation.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this in a tweet on Monday, March 9th, 2020:

The Honourable Minister @Fmohnigeria
has announced a second confirmed case of #COVID19 in Nigeria.

This second case is a contact of the index case, in Ogun state. The new case has been in isolation and was tested as part of our strategy to test all contacts of the index case.

The Honourable Minister @Fmohnigeria has announced a second confirmed case of #COVID19 in Nigeria.

This second case is a contact of the index case, in Ogun state. The new case has been in isolation and was tested as part of our strategy to test all contacts of the index case. pic.twitter.com/aTkzEy3qXo

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 9, 2020

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Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.