Nigerian Foreign Minister tests positive for coronavirus

By ANI | Published: July 19, 2020 10:25 PM2020-07-19T22:25:41+5:302020-07-19T22:45:02+5:30

Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for coronavirus.

Nigerian Foreign Minister tests positive for coronavirus | Nigerian Foreign Minister tests positive for coronavirus

Nigerian Foreign Minister tests positive for coronavirus

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.

( With inputs from ANI )

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