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UPDATE 1-Nigerian Foreign Minister Onyeama tests positive for coronavirus

Published 19/07/2020, 16:09

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ABUJA, July 19 (Reuters) - Nigerian Foreign Minister
Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday he had tested positive for
COVID-19, and became the first member of President Muhammadu
Buhari's cabinet to contract the new coronavirus.
Onyeama, 64, said on Twitter he had taken a COVID-19 test
because of a throat irritation.
"Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday at the first sign of
a throat irritation and unfortunately this time it came back
positive," he tweeted. "Heading for isolation in a health
facility and praying for the best."
Buhari's cabinet has been conducting executive council
meetings virtually as part of measures to keep the government
working while abiding by social distancing rules.
The government started a phased easing of lockdowns in May
after implementing measures to slow the spread of the virus,
which has killed 778 people in Nigeria and infected more than
36,000.
Onyeama has played a role in repatriating Nigerians stranded
because of travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buhari's former chief of staff, Abba Kyari, died in April
from the novel coronavirus, making him the most high profile
person in the country to die from the virus.

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