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.
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