The Italian who brought Coronavirus into Nigeria has been discharged after testing negative for the virus. He was discharged on Friday night.

The Lagos State governor, Babajide sanwo -Olu  disclosed this ins twitter message.

He said, “As the COVID-19 Incident Commander for Lagos, I am glad to inform you that the index case; the Italian gentleman is now negative. Through a combined effort of Lagos, Ogun State and Fed Health Authorities, we were able to limit the transmission of the virus to a single contact”.    

He added that the index patient consented to donating one unit of white blood (plasma) before he was discharged today. The blood plasma is rich in antibody proteins that target COVID19 virus.

The white blood plasma is frozen in our Bio-bank and will be useful in handling new cases.

“The blood plasma will be beneficial for the treatment of new patients in the absence of a defined therapeutic drug for COVID19 yet”.

“The patient appreciated the exceptional care and support given to him by staff of the infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba and all members of the EOC”.

“Once again, we will like to convey the enthusiasm of the team to do the very best possible in handling incidents of COVID19”.

With the development, Nigeria now has eleven confirmed cases, out of which ten are in Lagos, while the remaining patient is in Ekiti.