BREAKING: Nigeria Records Second Coronavirus Death

A second person has died from the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.

BREAKING: Nigeria Records Second Coronavirus Death
Nigeria’s Health Minister, h, Dr Osagie Ehanire

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday at a press briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He stressed that Nigeria has 111 confirmed cases of COVID-19, saying a majority of them were persons who came in from overseas.

According to the health minister, the highest number of confirmed cases are in Lagos and Abuja because the serve as the major gateways to the country.

He also informed the gathering that all retired but able-bodied staff of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Federal Ministry of Health were being recalled.

Ehanire warned Nigerians to protect the elderly among them, as well as those having underlying health issues as they were the most vulnerable.

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