Foreign Minister tests positive for Coronavirus
By Our Reporters Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has tested positive for C oronavirus . According to him, he was confirmed positive on Saturday, after his fourth test. The minister took to Twitter on Sunday afternoon to announce his health status. “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. Mr Onyeama 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 latter category includes President Muhammadu Buhari’s former chief of staff, Abba Kyari, and ex-Oyo State g...