Okowa, Family Out of Isolation After Testing Negative for COVID-19
Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, his wife, Edith, and daughter have all tested negative to the COVID-19.
They are therefore free to return back to society.
Revealing the development via his Twiter page, the Governor give thanks to God and expressed gratitude to all those who interceded for them in prayers.
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“My wife, my daughter, and I have tested negative for COVID 19, along with other members of the family. We give God all praise and wish to appreciate all who have interceded for us in prayers.
“I appeal to all residing in Delta to obey all instructions/ regulations in our collective fight to stop the transmission of the virus. God bless you all…Sen, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa,” he tweeted.
My wife, my daughter and I have tested negative for COVID 19, along with other members of the family. We give God all praise and wish to appreciate all who have interceded for us in prayers. pic.twitter.com/f35DdoUeTO
— Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa (@IAOkowa) July 14, 2020
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I appeal to all residing in Delta to obey all instructions/ regulations in our collective fight to stop the transmission of the virus. God bless you all…Sen, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa
— Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa (@IAOkowa) July 14, 2020
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Allnigerianinfo reported on July 1 that Okowa and his wife tested positive to the virus on July 1 and went into isolation for necessary treatment. Their daughter had also tested positive for the virus a few days earlier.
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According to the latest information from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dekat state currently has 1,359 confirmed cases with 745 active and 583 discharged after testing negative. The south-south state also has 31 deaths from the dreaded virus.