Two commissioners test positive in Ebonyi
At least two members of the Ebonyi State Executive Council have tested positive for Covid-19, sources said on Friday in Abakaliki.A two-month-old baby has also tested positive in Delta State while in neighbouring Anambra, the state government decided to restrict traffic flow on the Niger Bridge between 7pm and 6 am daily.
Sources said Finance and Budget Commissioner Ogbonnaya Chukwu and the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Clement Nweke were ill but the nature of their illness could not be immediately confirmed. Delta Health Commissioner Mordi Ononye, yesterday confirmed that a two-month-old baby girl was among the 116 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the state.He was optimistic that the girl would overcome the infection.Giving a breakdown of the infection in the state, Ononye said: “We have recorded eight deaths, which is about seven per cent fatality rate, and have conducted 850 tests and have received 7,708 calls on our hotlines.“No one should doubt that Covid-19 is real.
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