Nigeria has had a first patient of coronavirus died by the disease.
The patient is Suleiman Achumugu, the former managing director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) who died at 2am on Monday.
The deceased, an indigene of Kogi state, was said to have returned from the United Kingdom two weeks ago.
He was said to have started exhibiting the symptoms of the virus on Tuesday and the case was reported to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who took his blood specimen for a test.
He tested positive and was evacuated to the specialist hospital, Gwagwalada in Abuja but died while receiving treatment.
According to a source, his family members reportedly under quarantine in their house.
•Source: TheCable
