The commissioner of health in Lagos State, Prof Akin Abayomi has announced that the Italian, the index case of coronavirus disease in Nigeria, has recovered and now tests negative.
The commissioner who disclosed this during a press conference on Thursday said that the Italian will be tested one more time and will be released if negative.
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Prof Abayomi for Health has disclosed that the infected Italian who brought Coronavirus patient to Nigeria is still potentially contagious.
He made the disclosure during a press briefing after Nigeria recorded its third confirmed case of the deadly virus.
Abayomi said the Italian will remain in isolation until health experts confirm that he no longer poses a health risk to citizens.
“The Italian has continued to remain in excellent form; our last test on Monday shows he is still potentially contagious. We are going to do more tests. The global practice is to conduct two negative tests 48 hours apart before releasing the Coronavirus patient”
“We are still going to test the secretion from his lungs and urine to make sure he does not have any virus from his secretion. As soon as he is negative, we will discharge him.
“The secondary case first tested positive and later tested negative, he has been discharged yesterday (Monday) morning as he has recovered from the virus” said Akin Abayomi, Lagos state Commissioner for Health.