Coronavirus can be defeated like Ebola – Atiku

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has encouraged Nigerians to brace up and fight the deadly novel coronavirus (Covid-19) which has been recorded in Nigeria for the first time.

An Italian, who arrived Lagos from Milan on Tuesday, tested positive to the virus, health officials said on Friday.

In a message of hope posted on Twitter, Atiku said Nigerians should not panic but be optimistic that the virus would be ‘defeated’ like Ebola was in 2014.

He said: “Now that Nigeria has had her first confirmed case of the Corona Virus infestation, via a citizen of Italy, who visited Lagos and Ogun states, I would want to offer my patriotic counsel to the government of General @MBuhari, on how best to tackle this issue.

“It is more important to secure human lives than to secure an economy. We also need to invest in early detection facilities at our airports.

“But above all, Nigeria must not panic whether at government or individual levels. We have defeated Ebola before, and we can defeat this present predicament.”

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