The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, says the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria now tests negative.
The man, who flew into Nigeria from Milan, Italy, on February 24, has been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.
At a press briefing on March 19, Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health, said one of the tests conducted on the man came out negative.
According to him, the Italian will be tested one more time and will be released if he tests negative again.
Coronavirus was first recorded in Nigeria on February 27 when the Italian businessman, who was on a visit to Lafarge Africa Plc, Ewekoro, Ogun State, was diagnosed with the disease and taken to Lagos State.
More details to come.
