COVID-19 Spreads to Kwara As NCDC Records 2 Cases

Kwara State is the next state to announce the confirmation of two Coronavirus cases, adding to the swelling number of the deadly virus in the country.

The confirmation was given on Monday, 6 April, 2020 by the Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19.

According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, “One is the wife of the UITH patient, a UK returnee, who died on Thursday, 2 April, 2020, 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 are now being taken to tackle the development”.