The Federal Government has said that Director-General of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has been Quarantined for 14 days over possible infection of Coronavirus.
Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, disclosed this on Tuesday while updating the senate on the activities of his ministry to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country that Ihekweazu went into self-isolation because he just returned from China.
Ehanire said it is the standard practice for those who just returned from China, where the disease broke out in December, to be quarantined.
According to reports the NCDC DG is under self-quarantine at his residence, refused to disclose the location.
On Friday, Nigeria recorded its first case of the virus, which has infected over 80,000 people and killed more than 3000.
An Italian who flew into the country from Milan, which has the highest case in Europe, tested positive for the disease.
The patient is currently receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.
The federal government has said all those who had contact with the patient have been traced and isolated.
