The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday, disagreed with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on fresh reported six cases of the Covid19, saying , no case of the coronavirus has been confirmed at seaports in Lagos.
The NPA said the collaboration with officials from Port Health has not confirmed any cases to date.
According to the official Twitter handle of the NPA @nigerianports, urged NCDC to avail both port agencies with details on the name of the vessel the passengers on board, and the Terminal or Jetty where they berthed.
It noted that “Hello @NCDCgov. In respect to the 6 new cases that “were detected on a vessel” in Lagos, the Authority in collaboration with Port Health has not recorded any confirmed cases to date.
“@NCDCgov To enable verification and proper record keeping, kindly avail us with specific details on the name of the Vessel the passengers were on board, and the Terminal or Jetty where they berthed. #CovidNGR #COVID19.
Recall that the NCDC said yesterday that 14 new cases of COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 12 in Lagos
Of the 14, 6 were detected on a vessel, 3 are returning travellers into Nigeria and 1 is close contact of a confirmed case.
As at 7:35 pm 26th March, there are:
65 confirmed cases ; 3 discharged; and 1 death .
By Roland Ekama
