Breaking! Respite As Lagos Discharges Nigeria’s Index Case of Coronavirus After Full Recovery

'Dotun Akintomide
Writer
Unnamed Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria discharged from Yaba Mainland Hospital.

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  • Italian Now Tests Negative 

In his home country of Italy, the novel Coronavirus has killed over 4000 people as of Friday, but the unnamed Italian man who was first diagnosed with Covid-19 in Nigeria has fully recovered from the virus, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu broke the news Friday evening.

Following his recovery, the governor disclosed that he has been discharged from the isolation centre of Yaba Mainland Hospital where he was quarantined and treated.

The Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria discharged from Yaba Mainland Hospital.

According to Sanwo-Olu, the index case who travel from Milan to Lagos and tested positive on 27th February now tests negative to the virus.

Sanwo-olu, who was excited about his recovery said several contact tracing strategies that helped in identifying the Italian’s contacts are being deployed in handling the remaining cases the country is still grappling with. Barring any new discoveries, Nigeria has confirmed 12 cases of Coronavirus since the pandemic began to bring the world to its knees.

In Sanwo-olu’s words: “As the COVID-19 Incident Commander for Lagos State, I am glad to inform you that the index case the Italian gentleman is now negative.

“Through a combined effort of Lagos State, Ogun State and Federal Health Authorities, we were able to limit the transmission of the virus to a single contact.

“This involved aggressive contact tracing and containment strategies. However, we now have several new imported cases and we hope we can apply the same contact tracing strategy along with social distancing to slow down the outbreak which may be brewing from these new cases.

“The index patient consented to donate one unit of white blood (otherwise called plasma) before he was discharged today. The blood plasma is rich in antibody proteins that target the #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 index patient appreciated the exceptional care and support given to him by the staff of the mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, all members of the EOC / @followlasg.

“The EOC team was extremely happy to bid the patient farewell.

“Once again, we like to convey the enthusiasm of our team to do the very best possible in handling incidents of Coronavirus,” the Lagos Governor said.

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