The four Chinese citizens quarantined in Plateau State for coronavirus, have tested negative to the flu-like virus.
Plateau state government announced on Saturday February 29, that four suspected cases were quarantined.
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire who served an update at a press briefing on Monday March 2, confirmed that the four suspected cases tested negative to the deadly disease. He further disclosed that the state health officials took a precuationary measure of placing the Chinese citizens on supervised isolation for 14 more days.
Ehanire said;
"None of these cases have any symptoms and they have all been tested at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reference laboratory. They are all negative for coronavirus infection.
“We will continue to monitor the global situation with cases spreading quickly in countries as they are doing now."
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