The Lagos State Government has confirmed that a patient who underwent series of tests after being admitted in Reddington Hospital Ikeja, due to fears of coronavirus, has tested negative to the deadly disease.
The Lagos State Ministry of Health in its tweet earlier, said the Chinese citizen was Isolated at Mainland Hospital, while his blood samples were taken for investigation.
Serving an update on the incident, the Lagos State Government announced that the Chinese citizen tested negative after series of tests were conducted.
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi also stated that the likelihood of COVID-19 infection in the particular patient was very low.
The tweets read “LagosState Government has affirmed that the Chinese citizen presented at the Reddington Hospital, Ikeja yesterday on suspicion of being infected with Coronavirus has tested negative. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi made this known through a press statement today, noting that the likelihood of COVID-19 infection in this particular patient was very low….and the conclusion of investigations and sophisticated testing confirmed that no case of Coronavirus exists in Lagos State till date”