Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the Abia State Governor, has tested positive for COVID-19, as comfirmed in a statement released by John Okiyi Kalu, the State Commissioner of Information, making the Governor the fourth governor to test positive for the virus.
Remember that on Saturday, 30th May, 2020, following the death of one of Member of Executive Council, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu volunteered his sample for COVID-19 test and subsequently directed members of the state Executive Council (EXCO) and those of the inter ministerial committee on COVID-19 to submit themselves for the same test. On Tuesday, 2nd June, 2020. The result of Governor Ikpeazu’s test returned negative,
On Thursday, 4th June, 2020, Dr. Ikpeazu submitted another sample at NCDC laboratory for confirmation and the result returned positive,
In follow-up to this, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has gone into isolation and he is being managed by a competent team of medical practitioners with a view to nursing him back to good health.
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