Coronavirus: Tension In Plateau As Three Chinese Nationals Quarantined

Hamilton Nwosa
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Three Chinese citizens have been quarantined in the Wase town of Plateau State for suspected case of the novel coronavirus.

The Commissioner for Information in Plateau, Dan Manjang, disclosed this to Channels Television on Saturday.

He revealed that the three Chinese citizens, who are workers in a mining site in Wase, arrived in Abuja aboard an airplane on Friday.

Manjang added that the three Chinese citizens left the Federal Capital Territory after their plane touched down at the airport and arrived in Jos, the Plateau State capital the same day.

He, however, said they were being clinically examined by a medical expert deployed by the State Ministry of Health.

Details to follow…

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