Fear grip people after a customer with COVID-19 symptoms collapses in Lagos bank (VIDEO)

Fear grip customers at a First City Monument Bank (FCMB) branch in Lagos on Monday after a male customer collapsed.

Onyxnews Nigeria learnt that the man was showing symptoms of coronavirus COVID-19, thereafter collapsed causing other customers to flee the scene.

According to different reports, the incident occurred at Onipanu branch of the bank where many customers were reported to have gathered for different transactions.

The man was said to have suddenly developed difficulty in breathing while trying to use the automated teller machine (ATM) before collapsing to the ground.

His temperature was reportedly taken and it was alarmingly high, causing the customers in the bank to run for their lives.

“A man had difficulty breathing and collapsed while trying to use the ATM at FCMB Onipanu in Lagos.

“When the security men checked his temperature, it was alarming. Others waiting to use the ATM took to their heel,” a report from TVC news said.

Below is a video from the scene

One man had difficulty breathing and collapsed while trying to use the ATM at FCMB Onipanu in Lagos.
When the security men checked his temperature, it was alarming.
Others waiting to use the ATM took to their heels #EaseOfLockdown #COVID19Lagos pic.twitter.com/DsiIi2HCPY

— TVC News (@tvcnewsng) May 4, 2020

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Meanwhile, the deadly COVID-19 pandemic has reached 2558 in Nigeria, after 170 new cases were recorded, 400 cases have been discharged and 87 death cases confirmed.

This reliable online news platform understands that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this announcement via the micro-blogging site, Twitter, on Sunday night, May 3, 2020.