Nigeria has confirmed a third case of coronavirus (COVID-19), a 30-year-old Nigerian woman who flew into the commercial city of Lagos from the UK on 13 March.
Lagos State’s Ministry of Health tweeted that she was in self-isolation when she developed symptoms.
She is receiving care at Mainland General Hospital.
Nigeria reported sub-Saharan Africa’s first case of the coronavirus in February.
On Monday, the government said it would keep its borders open, even to tourists from high-risk countries, the Punch newspaper reports.
Health Minister Olorunnibe Mamora is quoted as saying that visitors from France, Germany, Spain, China, Japan, Iran, Italy and South Korea would be screened.
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