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Nigeria records five new cases of coronavirus

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Workers assemble beds imported for a new installation and treatment centre established by the Lagos State government in collaboration with the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) to treat victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the main bowl of the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly known as the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, on March 27, 2020. - Nigeria has so far confirmed just 65 cases in the country of around 200 million people.†Lagos state government had announced a seven-day partial shutdown of the city to force residents to remain indoors, close shops to cotain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. In addition, authorities have closed airports and borders and shut schools across the nation as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to 70, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Friday evening.

Two of the cases were discovered in Oyo State while the remaining three were recorded in Abuja.

“As at 08:00 pm 27th March there are 70 cases of confirmed #COVID19 reported Nigeria,” NCDC said.

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