It is the third time the 71-year-old prime minister had entered quarantine over meetings with COVID-19 patients.
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Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known in a statement titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu goes into self-isolation’.
Salah tested positive for the virus while away on international duty, a few days after video emerged of him dancing amid a large crowd at his brother’s wedding while not wearing a mask.
The 59-year-old, who turns 60 on Friday, began isolating at his home in Argentina on Tuesday, after last coming into contact with the guard on Saturday.
Catherine Nwandu, Acting Information Officer of the FHC, made this known on Tuesday in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.
Fayemi broke the news on his verified Twitter account, saying the result of his latest test came back positive, and he had consequently proceeded on self isolation.
Shammah told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that the commissioners decided to self-isolate following the positive testing of the state Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Abdulkareem Kana, for the coronavirus.
“Cabinet members, personal staff of the late Chief of Staff, and some medical personnel who have recently had varying degrees of contacts with the late technocrat have now proceeded on self isolation,” Commissioner for Communication Henrietta Adenike Afolabi-Oshatimehin said in the statement.
The statement signed by the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, late Saturday said Akufo-Addo decided to take the precautionary measure in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Olisa Ifeajika, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
This was made known by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily briefing on Friday in Abuja.
Nigeria must break the chain of the spread of COVID-19 in the country to avert the likely scenario of being the next epicentre of the pandemic due to her large population.
Britain’s Prince Charles has ended his self-isolation following his positive test for the novel coronavirus, his office said.
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says he is on self-isolation based on the advice by the National Centre for Disease Control to governors who attended the last National Economic Council meeting in Abuja.
The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has gone into self isolation as precautionary measure against exposure to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has gone into self-isolation following his close contact with the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammed; and the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, who have both tested positive for coronavirus.
Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, the Osun State Commissioner for Health, says 20 Judges from the state’s Judiciary, who recently returned from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are in self isolation as part of measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the state.
The Director General of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Asishana Okauru, has said he is going into self-isolation with his wife after he had contact with the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed.
This was announced by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, on Tuesday, a day after President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, was confirmed to have tested positive to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has condoled with the family of Engr. Suleiman Achimugu, who passed on in the early hours of Monday after a bout with Coronavirus (COVID-19).