Chinese arrested at Lagos Airport tests negative to coronavirus

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said the Chinese man quarantined in the State has tested negative to Coronavirus.

Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this on Tuesday evening, saying that the man who arrived on Monday evening on Ethiopian Airline with cough was tested negative for Coronavirus.

The Chinese, Si Wenqhuan was coughing seriously at the airport and had to be taken into isolation immediately.

Abayomi had earlier in the day confirmed at a news conference that a Chinese national who came into Lagos on Monday evening has been quarantined.

He had said the Chinese national arrived Lagos aboard Ethiopian Airline and was taken into isolation when he began to manifest symptom of Coronavirus.

Abayomi had said that samples had been collected from the Chinese national for test to determine if he is positive to Coronavirus.