The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has tweeted that it is aware of the patient in Enugu, suspected to have contracted the deadly COVID-19 disease.

According to the NCDC, it receives several alerts daily at the designated National #COVID19 Emergency Operations Centre.

In the Twitter post, the patient was in isolation, with sample collected and results of the test is expected on Monday, March 16th, 2020.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is aware of the patient in Enugu, suspected to have #COVID19.

This is one of several alerts received daily at the National #COVID19 Emergency Operations Centre.

The patient is in isolation, sample collected and results expected tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/Qv3JEJiyKz

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 14, 2020

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