The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this in an update he gave on the pandemic in the state, which is the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria.
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Nigeria till date – July 25, 2020, has officially registered about 39,977 cases with 856 COVID-19 related deaths since the first case was registered in the country in February 2020. This is a good report when compared to reports from other much developed countries in Europe and USA. The USA for instance has recorded over 4.34 million cases with 149,552 deaths as of July 25, since their first case was recorded in January 2020.
According to a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, personally signed by the lawmaker, the test was conducted oh him, his family members and 11 domestic staff on July 3.
The Foundation has since May this year assisted the PTF to conduct tests for over 500 Nigerian returnees to determine their status and ensure adequate isolation of the virus positive patients where necessary across the country.
The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, made this known on Saturday in Ado Ekiti at a media briefing by the State Task Force on Coronavirus.
The government added that all but one of the 23 new cases posted on Monday — the highest in a day since the outbreak — were already in isolation before the test result as they had long been identified as “persons of interest” on account of their close contacts with a pregnant woman who sneaked in from Zamfara State and later tested positive.
The Federal Government has said that conducting mass testing for Coronavirus Disease in Nigeria would not be feasible now given the nation’s over 200 million population.