The man, in his 50’s, who arrived Bodija area of Ibadan from the United Kingdom, has been isolated for the past four days.
The UK returnee living in Ibadan had a temperature spike of 37.9 celsius and his blood sample was subsequently taken to Lagos COVID-19 testing facility of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has been tested positive.
It’s the first COVID19 case in the State;Governor Seyi Makinde said COVID19 Taskforce have intensified efforts to tracing close contacts with a notice for self-isolation of identified ones.
It would be recalled that two other cases had earlier been reported in the state, with their test results turning out negative.