CORONAVIRUS: Italian patient traced to Ogun

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mr Femi Hamzat, says the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria has been traced to Ogun State. The Italian, whose name is yet to be released, visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Hamzat said: “The young man came in from Milan, Italy. He came in on February 25. He had a consultancy job with a company in Ogun State. he landed and went to Ewekoro, Abeokuta.

“He fell ill, so we sent an ambulance there and he was diagnosed within four hours. We are ready and prepared.

“We are trying to track everybody on the airplane he came in through – people that he had met, and then we can isolate them.”