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Lagos govt begins contact tracing of 3rd Coronavirus case

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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Tuesday the state government has started intensive contact tracing for the passengers that travelled with the third confirmed case of Coronavirus on British Airways.

Abayomi, who stated this at a media briefing in Lagos, said the third Coronavirus case came on a BA75 flight that arrived in Lagos on March 13.

He said the third case lives with her parents and one sibling, saying the entire family had been transferred to the infectious diseases Hospital at Yaba as a preventive measure and monitoring.

The commissioner said: “We have started the contact tracing process and thankfully she obeyed the instruction and she confined herself to her home where she has been in contact with her immediate family.

“That helps us tremendously, because it helps us with the contact tracing.

“We will be reaching out to the passengers of the flight as we did with the index case.

“But, while we are making this public announcement, anybody who was on that flight as a passenger should reach out to the emergency numbers or the new toll-free number – 0800-CORONA.”

READ ALSO: Lagos records another confirmed case of coronavirus

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, had earlier on Tuesday confirmed a third case of COVID-19 in the country.

He said that the new case was an independent of the index case (the Italian) currently being treated at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba.

The minister said the third case was a 30-year-old woman who returned from the United Kingdom on March 13 and observed self-isolation, developed symptoms and tested positive to COVID-19.

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