Breaking: Buhari tests negative, Abba Kyari positive for COVID-19

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who had recently returned from Germany through Egypt, has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Chief of Staff was said to have isolated himself upon return from the trip on suspicion that he may have been exposed to the virus. and his test result, which came in on Tuesday morning, confirmed him positive.

But President Buhari however tested negative to virus.

Kyari was said to have started coughing during a meeting on Sunday at the Aso Rock Villa, fuelling speculation he could have the virus.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed four new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total of confirmed cases to 40.

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC,confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), in Abuja, while giving an update on the COVID-19 cases in the country.

Ihekweazu said that three new cases of COVID19 were reported in Lagos and one in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT).

He said that two from the four new cases were returning travelers.

“As at 11 p.m. on  March, 23, there are 40 confirmed cases of COVID19 in Nigeria. The active cases is 37, two have been discharged with one death recorded in the country.

“Of the 40 confirmed cases, are in six states, 28 are in Lagos, seven in the FCT, two in Ogun, one  in Edo, one in Ekiti and one in Oyo,” he said.

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