The Chinese man who arrived Lagos on an Ethiopian Airline on Monday with cough has tested negative to Coronavirus (COVIDー19).
The Lagos State government tweeted that the Chinese national tested negative after he was quarantined.
A Chinese Citizen, Si Wenqhuan was under observation for any symptoms of the dreaded Coronavirus COVID-19.
Wenqhuan was reported coughing on board Ethiopian Airline flight enroute Addis Ababa-Lagos Monday evening and at the arrival hall of the Murtala Mohammed international airport, Lagos, he was also observed to have coughed twice on arrival.
According to reports, he was immediately separated from other passengers and after check by Port health officials, he was scheduled to undergo other test.
He was immediately attended to by Port health staff and separated from other passengers.
The Lagos state Center for Disease Control was immediately notified to carry out further test on the Chinese citizen.
IFEOMA OKEKE
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers.
She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay.
She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos.
As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender.
She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies.
Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the
prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category.
She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category.
She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations.
Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
