Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama Tests Positive for COVID-19
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Nigeria's Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama confirmed on Sunday (local time) that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Sputnik reported.
Moscow, July 20: Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria's Finance Minister, confirmed on Sunday (local time) that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Sputnik reported. Onyeama informed that this was his fourth coronavirus test.
"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," Onyeama wrote on Twitter.
The West African country has so far confirmed 36,107 COVID-19 cases, 778 of which were fatal.
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