News broke on Feb 27, 2020, that an Italian citizen was Nigeria's first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The individual had landed at Lagos airport 2 days earlier on a flight from northern Italy, and had subsequently travelled from Lagos to Ogun State, western Nigeria, where he became ill and was promptly isolated. He is currently being treated for mild symptoms of COVID-19 in a hospital in Lagos. Upon identifying the index case, National Emergency Operations Centres were immediately activated to trace his contacts. By March 9, 2020, 27 suspected cases had been identified across five states (Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Federal Capital Territory, and Kano), of which two were confirmed to be positive (ie, the index case and a contact), with no deaths. 216 contacts were linked to the index case, 136 of whom are being followed up.

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尼日利亚能否利用最近流行病的教训来遏制COVID-19疫情？

2020年2月27日有消息传出，意大利公民是尼日利亚2019年首例冠状病毒病（COVID-19）。该人两天前从意大利北部的一次航班降落在拉各斯机场，随后从拉各斯前往尼日利亚西部的奥贡州，在那里生病并迅速隔离。目前，他在拉各斯的一家医院因COVID-19的轻度症状接受治疗。在确定索引病例后，立即启动了国家紧急行动中心以追踪他的联系人。到2020年3月9日，已在五个州（江户，拉各斯，奥贡，联邦首都地区和卡诺）确定了27个可疑病例，其中两个被确认为阳性（即索引病例和一个接触者），其中没有死亡。有216个联系人与该索引案例相关联，正在跟踪其中的136个。