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Coronavirus Was Reported in Nigeria In 2017 – Virologist

Coronavirus Was Reported in Nigeria In 2017 – Virologist

A virologist, Prof. Mathew Kolawole, has revealed that research reported a strain of coronavirus in Nigeria in 2017.

The Director of the Institute of Molecular Sciences and Biotechnology at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), said this in a chat with newsmen on Monday.

Kolawole, who was recently appointed into the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, stated that the virus had been with humanity for a while.

“It is not new to us, this virus has been with us. It is just that we have this novel strain of coronavirus which