Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister,Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, has tested positive for coronavirus.
The minister announced the result of his test on his twitter handle . According to him, he did his fourt COVID-19 test on the heels of a throat irritation and the test turned out to be positive
He tweeted: “Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday 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. #StayHomeSaveLives #COVID19 #PTFCOVID19.”
Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday 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. #StayHomeSaveLives #COVID19 #PTFCOVID19
— Geoffrey Onyeama (@GeoffreyOnyeama) July 19, 2020
Newsdiaryonline reports that Onyeama is one of the officials who have been briefing the nation regularly about the country’s response to the COVID-19 chanllenge, especially on the area of evacuation of Nigerians stranded overseas.Many have successfully returned to Nigeria.