Nigerian Foreign Minister tests positive for coronavirus
Jul 19, 2020
Abuja [Nigeria], July 19 : Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for coronavirus.
Onyeama is also a member of the coronavirus Presidential Task Force in Nigeria, Anadolu Agency reported.
''Did my fourth COVID-19 test yesterday at the first sign of 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,'' he said in a tweet on Sunday.
Nigeria has so far reported 36,107 COVID-19 cases and the death toll from the infection stands at 778, according to Johns Hopkins University.
