The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says that the Italian man, the index case of Coronavirus in Nigeria, will be discharged soon.

The Minister disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a conference with the diplomatic community about measures taken by the Federal Government to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in Nigeria.

Dr Ehanire noted that there are only two confirmed cases in Nigeria as of now.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in its 12th national situation report on the virus on Thursday said a cumulative total of 217 contacts were linked to the index case comprising of four contacts at the airport, four at the hotel, 40 at the workplace and 169 from the airline.

According to the report, the two confirmed cases are clinically stable at the designated treatment facility for COVID-19 at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba, Lagos.

A total number of 40 persons have been screen from 5 states (Ogun, Lagos, FCT, Kano and Edo) with Lagos having the highest number of those screened at 23.

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