Coronavirus: Nigeria don confam di first case of Covid-19 disease for Lagos
Di Italian wey carri first case of Coronavirus enta Lagos, Nigeria bin also go di South West State of Ogun as im return from Milan before dem confam say im get di disease.
Dis na di first confam case of Coronavirus for sub-Sahara Africa. Dis na wetin Gbenga Omotoso, di Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy confam give BBC on Friday. Nigeria Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire say dem don send more than 60 doctors go Murtala Muhammad International Airport to assist with testing of passengers wey dey arrive. On Thursday na im di Nigerian Ministry of Health confam di first case of Coronavirus for Lagos, south west Nigeria. Di Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire for statement say dem discover di case on di 27th of February, 2020 afta one Italian citizen wey dey work for Nigeria return back from Milan, Italy to Lagos on 25th February. Oga Ehanire also say goment don start work to identify all those wey di patient don come in contact wit since e land Nigeria. So far more than 80,000 pipo for nearly 50 kontries don catch di disease and nearly 2, 800 pipo don die since dey disease comot for China. Even though di disease start for China, more cases of pipo wey don catch di disease don boku for oda kontris outside China and di latest of dem na Italy Italy don become one of di major centres of di infection, as pipo wey di travel from dia di virus. Nigeria Health Minister Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire on Friday morning brief tori pipo ontop di first case of COVID-19 disease for Nigeria. How dem discover am? Di minister yarn give say na Virology Laboratory for Lagos University Teaching Hospital na im dem discover say di Italian citizen get di disease. So far di patient dey clinically stable and neva show any serious symptoms and dem di manage am for di infectious disease hospital for Yaba, Lagos, according to Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health. Tori be say na di man waka go hospital by himsef afta e follow warning of Nigerian health authorities to separate imself from odas unpon arrival for Lagos, as e be say im fly in from kontri wia di coronavirus dey. Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso also confam give BBC say di Coronavirus Patient Zero bin also enta di South West State of Ogun before im enat Lagos. Wetin goment dey do to prevent di spread of di disease? Di Nigerian goment say dem don di prepare tey tey to fight di virus. Di minister say dem don tight measure to fight di outbreak plus contain di spread sharperly. E say di multi-sectoral coronavirus preparedness group wey Nigeria Centre for Disease Control dey lead don activate im emergency operation centre and e go dey work closely wit di Lagos state goment to respond to di case and implement firm control measure. No panic Di minister advise Nigerians make dem no panic but take dia health mata serious. E say some pipo if dem catch di disease dem go just get mild sickness and recover early. But those wey don old plus pipo wey dey sock before if dem catch am,e dey de severe. E say make all Nigerians pay attention to dia hand and respiratory hygiene. Na four diagnostic testing facilities for di Coronavirus dey ready for Nigeria - One for National Reference Laboratory inside Abuja, anoda for Lagos University Teaching Hospital inside Lagos, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) inside Edo State and Redeemer University inside Osun State. Dis map dey show di places wia di Coronavirus don spread to for di world. How dis Virus dey spread Who dey for more risk? Wetin we know about Coronavirus As at today more than 80,000 pipo for nearly 50 kontries don catch di disease and nearly 2, 800 pipo don die since dey disease comot for China. Di virus, wey dem also know as 2019-nCoV, na new strain of coronavirus wey dem neva see for humans before. Coronaviruses na broad family of viruses, but na only six (di new one go make am seven) na im expert know say don infect pipo. World Health Organization bin don advise say make pipo avoid "unprotected" contact with live animals, and make dem cook meat and eggs well-well, plus avoid close contact with anyone wit cold or flu-like symptoms as way to protect demsef against COVID19. Both scientist for Nigeria and all ova di world don dey work togeda to find out di source of di virus and e be say dem neva still know di source.