Tension rises as Ogun state Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker confirms that the Italian man who tested positive for Coronavirus in Lagos on Friday morning had also visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State this week.
The Italian citizen was also confirmed to have entered Nigeria on the 25th of February from Milan, Italy for a brief business visit.
Tomi Coker, however, urged residents and visitors not to panic.
Coker disclosed that the Italian visited a giant manufacturing company(name withheld) in Ewekoro community, adding that the facility visited has since been quarantined in accordance with the health safety standards.
The Commissioner, who abandoned her bed rest to attend to the public health emergency, while briefing the press on Friday morning, said the state has epidemiologists and Infectious Disease Consultant already handling the situation with support from the Lagos State Government and Federal Government.
She said efforts are in place to get in touch with people that have had contact with the established index case.
She advised the public to wash their hands regularly, cover their mouth and nose while sneezing or coughing and report to the nearest public health centre if they notice any sign of cold, cough and respiratory difficulty.
In the other news, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a press conference on Friday morning told Lagosians not to panic following the news of the first confirmed case of the deadly Coronavirus in the state.
Sanwo-Olu said the government had begun tracing those who had contacts with the patient who developed the symptoms in Ogun State, where he had a business meetings on Tuesday.
The governor revealed that the patient arrived Lagos from Milan, Italy, without symptoms before going to Ogun, but was later referred to Lagos after exhibiting the signs and was first treated at the Company’s facilities, in Ogun State.
