Recall that on February 27, 2020, Nigeria recorded its first case of the COVID-19 disease, which is popularly known as Coronavirus, and the number of confirmed cases has ascended to 12, as at date.
Well, the good news is that the index case is fully recovered from the coronavirus and has tested negative to the novel virus.
The governor of Lagos State took to his official Instagram handle to make the announcement. He also stated that the index case was willing to donate a unit of his blood plasma which will be used in treating other cases of the virus.
Read the statement below:
As the COVID-19 Incident Commander for Lagos State, I am glad to inform you that the index case, the Italian gentleman is now negative.
Through a combined effort of Lagos State, Ogun State and Federal Health Authorities, we were able to limit the transmission of the virus to a single contact.
This involved aggressive contact tracing and containment strategies. However, we now have several new imported cases and we hope to apply the same contact tracing strategy along with social distancing to slow down the outbreak which may be brewing from these new cases.
The index patient consented to donate one unit of white blood (otherwise called plasma) before he was discharged today. The blood plasma is rich in antibody proteins that target the #COVID19 virus.
The white blood plasma is frozen in our Bio-bank and will be useful in handling new cases.
The blood plasma will be beneficial for the treatment of new patients in the absence of a defined therapeutic drug for #COVID19 yet.
The index patient appreciated the exceptional care and support given to him by the staff of the mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, all members of the EOC / @followlasg.
The EOC team was extremely happy to bid the patient farewell.
Once again, we would like to convey the enthusiasm of our team to do the very best possible in handling incidents of Coronavirus.
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