Breaking: Two New Coronavirus Cases As LASG Confirms Another in Lagos

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The Lagos State government has disclosed a new case of Coronavirus victim, this time involving a female, who entered the country from the United Kingdom.

The 30-year-old was said to have been confirmed to be victim of the virus after a check in Lagos.

In a twit by the Lagos State government, healthlagosstate.gov.ng, it was announced that the victim arrived Nigeria on Friday, 13th March 2020, developed symptoms and was tested positive to the virus.

The lady, whose name was undisclosed, is said to be receiving treatment at the Mainland General Hospital in Lagos

The Mainstreet Journal had earlier reported a case of an Indian suspect currently under observation in a medical facility in Lagos.

The suspect, Jaynath Kumar, an Indian, was detected yesterday of having high temperature 38.5c, dry cough, sore throat and difficulty in breathing, which are symptoms of the Coronavirus.

Kumar, an employee of Dangote Refinery with staff number 0-62178, was said to have arrived Nigeria from India last Thursday (12-03-2020) before he was discovered of the symptoms yesterday.

The suspect with passport number: M8869527, boarded from Mumbai, India via Cairo, Egypt, it was gathered, has now been isolated at Block 21, Room 5, A158, Dangote Refinery Camp, Lekki, Freezone, Lagos, Nigeria.

He is an Assistant Pipe Fitter with Dangote Refiner and was said to have by himself visited Dangote clinic for treatment yesterday, ostensibly when his ailment became unbearable.

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