The Lagos State government has said that the Chinese citizen who presented at the Reddington Hospital, Ikeja Wednesday and suspected to have COVID-19 has tested negative to the virus.
“I would like to reassure Lagosians that our vigilance levels are very high and we are putting more measures in place to safe guard the State”, he said. “From our investigation, we gathered that a Chinese citizen who arrived in Nigeria from China 7 weeks ago presented at Reddington Hospital yesterday 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”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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