Nigerian billionaire, Tonye Patrick Cole has confirmed boarding the same flight with the third coronavirus case. On Tuesday the Lagos state commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi had announced a 30-year-old Nigerian lady who arrived the country on British Airways flight BA75 on March 13, as the third case of Coronavirus in Lagos .
Following the confirmation, Abayomi advised other passengers on the flight to stay at home and isolate for 14 days.
Cole, who is the co-founder and former Group Executive Director of energy conglomerate, Sahara Group, however, said in a tweet: “I was on the BA75 flight of the 13th from London on which a lady tested positive for #COVID19Lagos. We’ve been asked by LSMOH to #selfisolate.”
He applauded the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for measures taken at airports to document all passengers coming into Nigeria.