The Lagos State Government has announced that the Chinese who arrived Lagos yesterday on Ethiopian Airlines with cough has tested negative for Coronavirus.
Recall that the Chinese National was quarantined on arrival at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos after checks on him by port health officials.
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MyNigeria.com gathered that the Chinese was on a flight from Addis Ababa -Lagos aboard Ethiopian Airlines. He was said to have coughed on the flight and twice in the arrival hall.
According to a source, he was immediately attended to by port health staff and separated from other passengers while officers of the Lagos State Centre for Disease Control were notified to carry out further tests on the Chinese national.