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COVID-19: Kwara joins list of states, confirms 2 cases

Kwara State has joined the league of states that has recorded cases of deadly Coronavirus. The state today recorded two cases of coronavirus as confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governors…

Kwara State has joined the league of states that has recorded cases of deadly Coronavirus.

The state today recorded two cases of coronavirus as confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governors AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Rafiu Ajakaye on Monday.

The statement reads, “Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19 sadly confirms two seperate cases of COVID-19 in the state. One is the wife of the UITH patient, a UK returnee, who died last Thursday and the other is another UK returnee.

“This statement is issued at 18:33pm, a few minutes after the government received official confirmation of test results from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Test Centre in Ibadan.

“The government will address a news briefing tomorrow morning at 11am to give details and further measures now being taken to tackle the development.”

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Published April 6, 2020
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