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Rivers State Records First Coronavirus Case
Rivers State, South-South Nigeria, has recorded its first Coronavirus case.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) confirmed the suspected Coronavirus (COVID-19)case as positive in a statement released on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday night, March 25.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the first Coronavirus in Rivers brings the number of cases of coronavirus in Nigeria to fifty-one (51) from its initial forty-six (40).
Giving an update on the spread of the disease, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) tweeted: “Five new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos & 1 in Rivers.
“3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 2 are close contacts of a confirmed case.
“As at 11:25 pm 25th March, there are 51 confirmed cases, 2 discharged and 1 death,” the statement added.
Five new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos & 1 in Rivers
3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 2 are close contacts of a confirmed case
As at 11:25 pm 25th March, there are
51 confirmed cases
2 discharged
1 death pic.twitter.com/DmJ47wntZ6— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 25, 2020
Newsone Nigeria, however, reports that coronavirus in Rivers came on a day Nigeria recorded two new cases of coronavirus in the country earlier and also had the coronavirus test result of President Muhammadu Buhari released.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the two additional cases were recorded in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city and Osun State which recorded its first case, a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday morning, March 25 by the NCDC revealed.
The NCDC said the cases are returning travellers to Nigeria in the last seven days. The centre added that as at 07:00 am March 25th, 46 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria, noting that two have been discharged with one death recorded.
Meanwhile, earlier before coronavirus in Rivers was recorded, the Rivers State Government on Wednesday ordered the closure of air, sea and land borders with effect from Thursday, March 26, as measures to prevent the outbreak of deadly coronavirus in the state.
Governor Nyesom Wike, who made this announcement on Wednesday in a state broadcast, stated that the move was to further curtail the spread of novel coronavirus. Governor Wike said based on recent developments, all air, sea and land routes into the state would be closed to traffic, beginning from 6 A.M on Thursday.
