BREAKING: Second case of coronavirus confirmed in Nigeria

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has announced a second confirmed case of Coronavirus in the West African country.

Reports say that the victim had contact with the Italian that brought virus to Nigeria. The victim was said to be one of those that were quarantined.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed this in a tweet on Monday.

This is coming after the Federal Ministry of Health on Friday morning, February 28, confirmed the first case of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos.

The minister of health confirmed the case in a statement issued in the earlier on Friday, 28 February 2020, saying that the case involves an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and just returned from Milan, Italy on 25 February 2020.