\nNigeria
\nconfirmed the first death from coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease
\nControl said in a tweet on Monday.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nThe patient
\nwas a 67-year-old man who returned following a medical procedure in the United
\nKingdom with underlying medical conditions including multiple myeloma and
\ndiabetes and was undergoing chemotherapy, the NCDC said.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nNigeria will
\nclose its two main international airports in the cities of Lagos and Abuja from
\nMonday night, its civil aviation regulator said on Saturday, as the number of
\ncoronavirus cases in the country almost doubled.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nThe airports,
\nwhich join three others around the country, will be shuttered for one month,
\nthe Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nThe closure
\ncomes as Nigeria\u2019s number of confirmed coronavirus cases stood at 36 on Monday.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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