Italian man who brought Coronavirus to Nigeria has tested negative and has been discharged. (Photos)
discharged. (Photos) The index case of Coronavirus in Nigeria, an Italian man, has tested negative and has been discharged from the Isolation centre of Yaba Mainland Hospital where he was quarantined and treated. Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on his official Twitter handle this night. As the COVID-19 Incident Commander for Lagos, I am glad to inform you that the index case; the Italian gentleman is now negative. Through a combined effort of Lagos, Ogun State and Fed Health Authorities, we were able to limit the transmission of the virus to a single contact. This involved aggressive contact tracing and containment strategies. However we now have several new imported cases and we hope we can apply the same contact tracing strategy along with social distancing to slow down the outbreak which may be brewing from these new cases. The index patient consented to donating one unit of white blood (plasma) before he was discharged today. The blood plasma is r