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13 lawmakers test positive for COVID-19
13 members of the Imo State House of Assembly have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Onyxnews Nigeria understands that the spokesperson for Imo State COVID-19 Task Force, Chimezie Iwuala, made this public on Tuesday in Owerri, the state capital.
He said the results followed a number of tests carried out on samples of members of the House by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
Iwuala said the affected lawmakers have been instructed to go into self-isolation.
The Speaker of the House, Collins Chiji, had last week ordered a total lockdown of the Assembly complex after a senator tested positive for COVID-19.
The speaker in a statement had said the fumigation of the Assembly Complex would start immediately.
Nigeria has confirmed total of 20,919 of the deadly infection, with 7,109 persons discharged, and 525 death cases had also be confirmed.
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