Nigeria's foreign minister tests positive for coronavirus

Nigeria's foreign minister tests positive for coronavirus
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Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19, the first member of President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet to contract the new coronavirus. Onyeama, 64, said in a tweet he had taken a COVID-19 test because of a throat irritation.

"Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday at the first sign of a throat irritation and unfortunately this time it came back positive," he tweeted. "Heading for isolation in a health facility and praying for the best."

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