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Five more coronavirus cases confirmed in Nigeria

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The Federal Ministry of Health said that five more coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases  to eight.

All the five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States, according to the ministry.

Three of the new cases arrived from the US while the other two arrived from the UK.

Four of the cases were Nigerians including a six-week-old baby while the fifth was a foreign national who came in through the land border.

 

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