Lagos State government on Sunday morning disclosed that one of the new three cases of coronavirus infection arrived the state about six weeks ago.
On his twitter handle, the state commissioner for health, Professor Akin Abayomi disclosed that the 65 year-old American tested positive alongside a 51-year-old Briton and a Nigerian who connected flights from London to Amsterdam before berthing in Lagos.
The Briton, according to the commissioner, came in on March 8.
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There is now a popular clamour for the state government to shut the state down as early as possible.
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