COVID-19 has been confirmed in thirteen more lawmakers of the Imo state House of Assembly.
These new cases have emerged just six days after an unnamed lawmaker in the state tested positive for the virus.
Professor Maurice Iwu, the head of the state’s Covid-19 task force, previously announced on Tuesday, June 16, that a member of the house of assembly had tested positive. He mentioned that the infected lawmaker and his wife are in isolation, and tests have been instructed for all state lawmakers.
On Monday, June 22, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported nine new cases in Imo, bringing the total cases in the state to 243.
It has now been disclosed that thirteen more lawmakers in Imo state have contracted the virus.