Nigeria, as at end of June 2020, was Africa’s third most impacted country
ABUJA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama confirmed that he had tested positive for the virus, becoming the latest top politician to be infected.
He disclosed via Twitter that his positive result came from his fourth test since the virus entered the country. He said he was going into isolation in a health facility.
“Did my fourth Covid-19 test Saturday at the first sign of a throat irritation and unfortunately this time it came back positive. That is life! Win some lose some. Heading for isolation in a health facility and praying for the best,” his tweet read.
The Minister had been a key part of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on coronavirus attending most of its meetings and giving key updates especially in the area of evacuation of nationals from across the world.
He had also been holding engagements with diplomats and other envoys at his office in Abuja.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as at end of June 2020 was Africa’s third most impacted country only behind South Africa and Egypt.
As Africa’s biggest economy, the federal government has continued to enforce regulations across the board even though most state governments have moved to relax restrictions.
Meanwhile, local airline Azman Airline reported that it was evacuating national stranded in Saudi Arabia. The airline said 117 passengers were on board the flight expected to arrive in Abuja in the early hours of Monday.
Nigeria currently had 36,107 confirmed cases, 20,391 active cases and
14,938 recoveries while the number of deaths was 778. — NNN-AGENCIES