Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of NCDC, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
“We are in close communication with the Lagos State Ministry of Health and other states, and will inform the public once there’s a confirmed case in Nigeria,” the director-general said.“We urge Nigerians to disregard rumours and discourage further spread. NCDC will inform the public if a case is reported in Nigeria,” he said.
“Furthermore, his contact details are obtained and an official is attached to him/her to monitor him daily for 14 days to see if he develops symptoms. The NCDC boss noted that the Chinese authorities have intensified measures to prevent the exportation of COVID-19 such as screening travellers leaving China.
Besides, he said NCDC has just concluded a training of case management physicians from the five states with international airports in Nigeria; namely Kano, Enugu, Lagos, Rivers and the Federal Capital Territory.Furthermore, Ihekweazu said that NCDC had revised the national case definition in line with changes in the epidemiology of the outbreak.
Thank God
Hope some people are not eagerly awaiting the arrival of coronovirus in this country 🇳🇬. Please God we have enough man made problems here, save us the scourge of coronovirus, we can't cope.
There wont be any confirmed case in Jesus's Name.
I pray we don't have it here. God pls!
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