By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat Business and data tracking desk)
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC announced four new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday.
NCDC, in a tweet confirmed four new cases at 11:15am on 31st March.
The affected states are Osun and Ogun State.
Read tweet below;
Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 3 in Osun and 1 in Ogun
As at 11:15 am 31st March there are 135 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 2 deaths pic.twitter.com/6ziPXCPVMu
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 31, 2020
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Recall that the Lagos State Government on Monday said five Coronavirus patients have been discharged from the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital.
This brings to eight the total number of discharged patients from the Centre.
The patients who had been quarantined at the isolation centre were released following their recovery from the viral infection.
Although, the discharged patients preferred anonymity, they expressed joy and satisfaction over the treatments they received.
Thanking the State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his support and proactiveness, they pleaded that the workers at the Centre should be given life insurance.
According to one of the patients, who craved annonymity, “I came in here on the 15th and after the test showed positive, I was asked to come back the next day. So I was admitted here.
“Initially, there were hitches but it later turned out fine. The health workers did fine, all our challenges were attended to. I’m a living witness together with my other colleagues.”
He said people should not panic as there was hope that the virus could be defeated.
“We can beat it, I want to assure others that this is not their resting place. Encourage yourselves, take your medications and in no distant time, you will get out of here.
“I want to appeal to the Federal Government and Lagos State Government that, they should remunerate all those workers who have volunteered to work accordingly, so as to serve as encouragement to others,” he said.
