PodcastNigeria's first coronavirus case arrived on Turkish Airlines flight via Istanbul
The man later confirmed to be Nigeria's first case of coronavirus entered the country on a Turkish Airlines flight from Milan that had a connection in Istanbul. The man was also the first confirmed case of the deadly virus in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Reuters
Nigeria's first confirmed coronavirus case entered the country on a Turkish Airlines flight that traveled through Istanbul, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health said in a news conference Feb. 28.
The man, who travelled from Milan, Italy, and landed in on the evening of Feb. 24, spent the night in a hotel near the airport, and continued to his place of work in neighboring Ogun state, Commissioner Akin Abayomi said.
He was treated on the evening of Feb. 26 at his company's medical facility before health practitioners there called government bio-security officers, who transferred him on Feb. 27 to a containment facility in Yaba, Lagos.
The man is the first confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa.