Nigeria confirms first case of coronavirus

Nigeria’s health ministry has said it has confirmed a novel coronavirus case in Lagos state.

This is the third confirmed case in Africa, after Egypt and in Algeria, and first in Sub-Saharan Africa.

“The case which was confirmed on 27/02/2020 is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the outbreak in China in January 2020,” the health ministry said in a post on Twitter.

Since its detection in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the novel coronavirus, also called COVID-19, has claimed more than 2,500 lives and has infected over 80,000 people across almost 50 countries.

Nigeria was among thirteen priority countries in Africa identified as being at high risk of getting the virus because of their established links or frequent travel to and from China.

The others are Ghana, Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

In recent times, Italy has become Europe’s worst-hit country, with more than 300 cases of the novel coronavirus and 11 deaths.

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