CORONAVIRUS:DEATH CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA

Lagos:Nigeria reported their first victim whose name was Suleiman Achumugu,former managing director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), died at 2am on Monday at the age of 67.The deceased returned from United kingdom two weeks ago and also he is an indigene of kogi state

He was said to have started exhibiting the symptoms of the virus on Tuesday and the case was reported to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who took his blood specimen for a test.

Acording to a source, his family members reportedly under quarantine in their house.

The agency said the confirmed number of infections in Nigeria had now risen to 36, with cases registered in largest city Lagos, the capital Abuja and four other states.

Africa has so far registered lower numbers than the rest of the globe with around 1,500 confirmed cases and 50 deaths -- but testing has been patchy.