Ebun Francis| Lagos State Government on Thursday said the Chinese citizen suspected to have coronavirus has tested negative to the infection.
The Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, who confirmed the development in a statement noted that the possibility of the infection of the virus, also known as COVID-19, in this particular patient was very low.
The patient had on Wednesday presented himself at a hospital in Ikeja.
According to the statement, the conclusion of investigations and sophisticated testing confirmed that there was no case of coronavirus in Lagos State as of now.
The statement read, “I would like to reassure Lagosians that our vigilance levels are very high, and we are putting more measures in place to safeguard the state.”
“From our investigation, we gathered that a Chinese citizen who arrived in Nigeria from China seven weeks ago presented at Reddington Hospital yesterday (Wednesday) complaining about fever.
“The hospital, in keeping with the advisory we earlier issued, correctly maintained a high index of suspicion, isolated the patient and reported the case to the Ministry.”
“We took up the case, transferred the patient to the State Isolation Unit at the Mainland Hospital which is our specialised infectious disease hospital.
“His blood samples were taken to the virology laboratory for analysis and it came out negative.”
The statement further appealed to the residents to refrain from posting unverified news that could cause unnecessary anxiety in the community.
It also urged them to disregard any information about the novel coronavirus that does not emanate from official communication channels of the Ministry of Health or his office.
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