The Chinese government has said there are no Nigerians among the 29 foreign citizens in China infected with the coronavirus.
China stated this on February 20 in its daily bulletin on coronavirus through its embassy in Abuja.
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The statement reads;
As of February 19, the National Health Commission had received 74,576 reports of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland, including 2,118 deaths and 16,155 patients cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 4,922 suspected cases.
So far, 126,363 are now under medical observation, who have been identified as having had close contacts with infected patients. Also, 29 foreign citizens in China have been infected. Among them, 18 had recovered and were discharged from hospital, two were dead and nine are still under quarantine and treatment. No Nigerians are infected.
Meanwhile, Peng Yinhua, a 29-year-old respiratory doctor in Wuhan, the city at the center of coronavirus outbreak in China, has died on Thursday night after being infected by the virus.
The announcement was made by the hospital where he worked. his death is the latest in a string of deaths among health care providers working to contain the outbreak.
According to Chinese media reports Dr. Peng had planned to get married on February 1, but that he had postponed the wedding due to the epidemic.
