The Federal Ministry of Health has announced that Nigeria has confirmed 10 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing to 22 the number of cases recorded.
Three of the cases are in the Federal capital territory, Abuja while the other 7 are in Lagos. The three cases in the FCT are treated at the the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital while the Lagos cases are being treated at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
Nine of the ten cases have travel history outside Nigeria while the tenth case is a contact of a confirmed case.
@Fmohnigeria has confirmed 10 new cases of #COVID19 in #Nigeria
Of the 10 new cases, 3 are in the Federal Capital Territory and 7 are in Lagos
9 out of the 10 cases have travel history outside Nigeria in the last one week. The 10th case is a close contact of a confirmed case pic.twitter.com/Bm557clqL0
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 21, 2020
The 9 cases with travel history travelled to the UK, the US, Spain and the Netherlands.
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