Tension As Big Man Who Has Been Exposed To Coronavirus Is Found In NNPC Estate, Lagos

Tension As Big Man Who Has Been Exposed To Coronavirus Is Found In NNPC Estate, Lagos

Many are said to be worried around Garki area of Abuja at the moment.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has confirmed a case of COVID-19 that was recorded in an apartment at its estate in Garki, FCT.

But in a statement released on Saturday April 4, the NNPC dismissed insinuation of mass outbreak of Coronavirus infection in the facility.

The corporation explained that the said case, involving a non-member of staff of the corporation, had to do with an individual who had just returned from the United Kingdom and developed symptoms of the decease.

”His case was said to have been confirmed positive by the NCDC after undergoing a laboratory test and in line with NCDC approved protocol, all residents of the affected apartment were moved out and placed in Isolation, while officials of NCDC undertook a disinfection of the flat and adjoining areas to eliminate the chances of community infection” the statement read.