{"id":5196,"date":"2020-03-09T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T11:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2020-03-09T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T11:53:00","slug":"breaking-health-minister-confirms-second-case-of-coronavirus-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5196","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Health minister confirms second case of coronavirus in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Osagie-Ehanire1.jpg\" alt=\"15 states, Abuja get N15bn from FG for basic healthcare\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigerian government has confirmed a second victim infected with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\">coronavirus<\/a>&nbsp;disease in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday, revealed that there was another case of coronavirus disease in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second case after, an Italian man visiting the country was recently confirmed to be carrying the disease, and was subsequently quarantined for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enahire, briefed reporters at the boardroom of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where he updated newsmen on the coronavirus infection in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that the newly confirmed case was a contact of the Italian man and not an importation into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is my duty, therefore, to announce a new case of coronavirus disease (CIVID-19) in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the important response strategies at the containment stage has been to identify all contacts, ensure their strict isolation, and to follow up daily with checks for any symptoms of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFollowing recent experience from other countries and evident from newly published studies on non-symptomatic infections, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), advised that samples should be taken from all contacts of the index case for testing.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is in this process that these two cases were detected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian government has confirmed a second victim infected with the&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;disease in the country. Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday, revealed that there was another case of coronavirus disease in the country. 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