Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, has suspended a Chinese course in the institution amid fears of a probable spread of the novel Coronavirus.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof Charles Esomone, disclosed this during a pre-convocation press conference on Monday.
He said the University had also asked its Chinese lecturers, who travelled for Christmas vacation, not to return to the University while those who were around had been barred from travelling.
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The VC said the Chinese course under Confucius Institute of the University would now be run online.
Meanwhile, Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire says the patient was one of the “contact persons” of the first case.
Nigeria has confirmed a second case of Coronavirus (COVID-19), barely two weeks after an Italian who travelled to Lagos from Milan tested positive for the virus.
The second COVID-29 case was detected in a Nigerian who had contact with the Italian who first tested positive for the deadly disease.
The new case was confirmed by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, during a press conference in Edo state on Monday.
The Federal Government has intensified its effort in checkmating the deadly virus.
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