‘Do not panic’ – President Buhari appeals to Nigerians as he reacts to confirmation of Coronavirus in Nigeria

President Buhari has communicated trouble over the ongoing affirmation of an instance of Coronavirus in Lagos.

In an announcement discharged by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, President Buhari noticed that the infection despite everything discovered its approach to Nigeria notwithstanding the vigorous endeavors of the legislature in regards to readiness and reaction estimates set up in the nation's fringes and past.

In the announcement, the President complimented the Federal Ministry of Health and other pertinent offices whose steadiness and effectiveness empowered the case to be identified, analyzed and the patient disconnected rapidly.

The President additionally praised the reactions of the Federal Ministry of Health and Governments of Lagos and Ogun States just as other significant offices to the revealed episode and calls for watchfulness with respect to all residents and mindful government offices.

He asked Nigerians not to freeze about the updates on this first instance of Covid-19 in the nation, as undue alert would do residents more damage than anything else.

Rather, Nigerians ought to carefully watch the warnings scattered by the Ministry of Health, Nigeria Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization (WHO), on the most ideal approach to forestall contamination.

This data is being communicated in every single accessible medium by the Federal Ministry of Information" the President said.