The @NCDCGov has announced the first case of death of a confirmed Corona Virus case in Nigeria.
The NCDC confirmed the death on its Twitter handle moments ago as the official confirmed cases rises to 35.
Suleiman Achimugu the Director of the PPMC 67 was reported to be the casualty of the COVID-19 in Abuja which has 6 cases recorded.
There is a close watch by state governments especially In Ekiti and Oyo states to monitor the situation as it advises that persons should keep a safe distance of 3feet from other persons as a compliance to social distancing.
The 1st #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67 year old male who returned home following medical treatment in UK
He had underlying medical conditions- multiple myeloma & diabetes & was undergoing chemotherapy
Our thoughts are with his family pic.twitter.com/A7STOjTQeW
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 23, 2020
A family member of the PPMC Boss told Control TV that:
“The former MD of PPMC Suleiman Achimugu died over night from corona virus..
He got back from UK 2 weeks ago, started exhibiting symptoms on Tuesday and we reported to the NCDC.
They came to the house and took his blood specimen.
They never got back to the family.
As of yesterday afternoon, he was coughing profusely. So they called the NCDC to inquire about his results..
It turned out positive.
They picked him up and rushed him to Gwagwalada.
He died at 2am this morning.
We are currently under quartine in the house.
The NCDC will handle the burial..
(C) Control TV 2020.
