Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has tested positive for coronavirus.
The Minister, who confirmed this through his Twitter handle on Sunday, said his result came out positive after his fourth test.
Onyeama who revealed that he was confirmed positive on Saturday tweeted on Sunday afternoon, “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.”
Onyeama who had been part of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 engaging in biweekly press briefing now joins the list of prominent Nigerians who have contracted the virus.
Before now, Governors Rotimi Akeredolu, Nasir El-Rufai, Seyi Makinde, Bala Mohammed and Okezie Ikpeazu had also tested positive for the disease.
Apart from officials who have tested positive and recovered from the virus, some others have died from complications caused by the virus.
The late Abba Kyari, the former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and the immediate past governor of Oyo state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi are some of the prominent Nigerians that died as a result of complications resulting from covid-19 related issues.
