The Nigerian government has confirmed the second case of coronavirus in the country.
This was announced by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire at a press conference in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
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 said the new case is an Ogun State contact of the index case, one of 40 persons in isolation being closely monitored. The Minister also said the new case is clinically stable as he has no clinical symptoms. He is being treated at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lagos.
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