The Federal Ministry of Health has on Wednesday announced that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed an additional five people who have tested positive to the Coronavirus (Covid-19), making the total cases of the disease to 8.

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Abuja chapter, has announced they would be embarking on an indefinite strike beginning from today March 17th 2020, amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. This decision was announced about an hour after the third case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria's commercial capital city Lagos.

The Lagos Ministry of Health has on Tuesday announced that a new patient, a Nigerian female who recently returned from the United Kingdom (UK) has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ohanire said the second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nigeria after being quarantined has now tested negative for the virus today. The Minister made this disclosure in Abuja today, saying the country so far reported only two cases, one in the index case, an Italian businessman who flew into the country from Milan, and the second person was the person that had the contact with the index case.