Lagos State Government has quarantined thirty nine (39) Nigerian evacuees from Ghana.

The returnees and 12 others from different West African countries were camped in the Badagry area of Lagos State and have begun the 14-day isolation supervised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, while disclosing this on Sunday, May 17th, 2020, via its Twitter handle, said the state government took up the cost of their quarantine period including lodging and feeding.

39 returnees who came from Ghana were brought in two luxury buses with registration numbers, Lagos LSD 614 YR and KTU 833XY.

They arrived at about 3:30 a.m. from Ghana and other African nations and are currently on a 14-day quarantine. All the quarantine expenses paid for by the Lagos State Government,

NIDCOM tweeted.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said three of the returnees recently evacuated from Dubai tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and have been transferred to one of the isolation facilities in the state.

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