Unic Press UK: The Chief of Staff of the Nigerian president, Abba Kyari, appears to have tested positive for coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, several news media in the country have reported.
Kyari was in physical contact with several prominent Nigerians in the last few days leading to his coronavirus test. On 17 March, he was at Kogi State to represent President Buhari as Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello mourned his mother, who died recently. Kyari was accompanied to Kogi by several top government officials and leaders of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party.
Update of COVID-19 in Nigeria
2 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in FCT and 1 in Bauchi
The cases have travel history to Germany and the UK.
As at 06:25 pm on 24th March, there are 44 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with 1 death pic.twitter.com/JbCVwSrxFd
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 24, 2020
