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The Federal Ministry of Health has announced five new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to eight.
All five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States, it was reported that three of the new cases arrived from the US while the other two arrived from the United Kingdom.
Four of the cases were Nigerians including a six-week-old baby while the fifth was a foreign national who came in through the land border.
This is the first recorded case of the infection through Nigeria’s land borders.
Of the five new cases, one is in Ekiti State and the other four in Lagos State.
See his post below:
The 2020 Batch A Stream One NYSC members arrived on camp on March 10 and are expected to leave three weeks after.
The #COVID19 cases were all from the UK and US; 4 Nigerians (including a baby) and 1 American, who came into Nigeria by land, the 1st case not arriving by air.
From Fri. 20th Mar., @NigeriaGov will restrict entry into #Nigeria by persons from the high-burden countries. pic.twitter.com/V61aCF8o35
— Dr. E. Osagie Ehanire MD, FWACS (@DrEOEhanire) March 18, 2020
