{"id":22943,"date":"2020-03-23T17:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=22943"},"modified":"2020-03-23T17:00:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:00:45","slug":"coronavirus-nigeria-records-first-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/coronavirus-nigeria-records-first-death","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Nigeria records first death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria on Monday confirmed its first coronavirus death.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the confirmation on its official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>The patient is a 67 year old man who returned to the country following medical treatment in the UK<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe 1st #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67 year old male who returned home following medical treatment in the UK, the tweet said<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHe had underlying medical conditions- multiple myeloma &amp; diabetes &amp; was undergoing chemotherapy<\/p>\n<p>\u201dOur thoughts are with his family.\u201dit added.<\/p>\n<p>However, the patient has been revealed to be former Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Suleiman Achimugu.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sahara Reporters, a statement signed by one Abubakar Achimugu on behalf of the family said the deceased who returned to Nigeria two weeks ago, started showing symptoms of the virus last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said after the NCDC took his blood sample, he tested positive and was evacuated to the specialist hospital, Gwagwalada in Abuja.,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur family is deeply saddened to inform you of the sudden death of our beloved father, uncle, brother and friend, Engr. Suleiman Achimugu (former MD of PPMC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe died of COVID-19 on 22\/03\/2020 some days after he arrived Nigeria from the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was in self isolation upon his return from the UK and personally called NCDC after experiencing some discomfort that are related to COVID-19 symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria on Monday confirmed its first coronavirus death. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the confirmation on its official Twitter handle. The patient is a 67 year old man who returned to the country following medical treatment in the UK \u201dThe 1st #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. 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