Four new cases of Coronavirus has been confirmed in Lagos State.
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi confirmed the new cases on Thursday at a news conference.
This is in addition to 5 new cases of the pandemic confirmed by the Nigerian government on Wednesday.
According to the Commissioner, the new cases resulted from people coming into the country and local transmission.
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He told journalists the first positive test is that of a Nigerian female who returned from France to the country on March 14.
He added that another Nigerian male in his 50s who had never travelled anywhere also tested positive and is now on admission.
The Commissioner said the third case is a Nigerian male who arrived in Nigeria on March 13, from Frankfurt, Germany.
The commissioner, however, said more tests were still being carried out adding that, “we have a combination of imported cases and local transmission. The Executive of Lagos State is meeting on the next stage of social distancing.
“The best way to slow the rate is to halt the movement of the virus from person to person,” he said.
He appealed to people on the two flights to self-isolate themselves and reach the government.
“Currently, we are following over 1,300 people right now to find information about the state of their health and the number is increasing”.
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