The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has stated that Nigeria has confirmed a second case of coronavirus in the country.
Ehanire stated this while addressing reporters at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, in Edo State.
Ehanire, however, pointed out that the new case was a contact of the index case and not imported into Nigeria.
The minister said, “It is my duty, therefore, to announce a new case of coronavirus disease (CIVID-19) in Nigeria.”
“One of the important response strategies at the containment stage has been to identify all contacts, ensure their strict isolation, and to follow up daily with checks for any symptoms of the disease.
“Following recent experience from other countries and evident from newly published studies on non-symptomatic infections, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), advised that samples should be taken from all contacts of the index case for testing.
“It is in this process that these two cases were detected.”