Till date, Nigerians are yet to identify the Italian man who brought coronavirus to Nigeria. Nigerian government has claimed that it was unnecessary to disclose the identity of the Italian.
In fact, Nigerians are beginning to doubt if there is anybody in Nigeria who is infected with the coronavirus. Now, the federal government has announced a second case of the pandemic in the country.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday at a press conference in Benin City, the Edo State capital disclosed that there is a second confirmed case of the disease.
Ehanire briefed reporters at the boardroom of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where he gave an update on the coronavirus infection in the country.
He, however, noted that the newly confirmed case was a contact of the index case and not an importation into the country.
The minister said, “It is my duty, therefore, to announce a new case of coronavirus disease (CIVID-19) in Nigeria.”
“One of the important response strategies at the containment stage has been to identify all contacts, ensure their strict isolation, and to follow up daily with checks for any symptoms of the disease.
“Following recent experience from other countries and evident from newly published studies on non-symptomatic infections, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), advised that samples should be taken from all contacts of the index case for testing.
“It is in this process that these two cases were detected.”
