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Nine Nigerians, Not 72, Tested Positive For Coronavirus In China, Says Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama

Nigeria Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama speaks at the Oslo Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region in Oslo, Norway February 24, 2017 Nigeria Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama Reuters Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Friday said that nine Nigerians tested positive for Coronavirus in China against the 72 earlier claimed in a report.  He made this known at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Onyeama said, “The media report mentioned that there were apparently 72 Nigerians who have tested positive to COVID-19 in China. We have a Consulate in Guangzhou, which is the epicentre of all the things that are happening in China regarding COVID-19. “The official figure that was given was nine Nigerians and as I understand it, our Consulate added that a number of Nigerians were asymptomatic but the figures that we had was nine. “The Chinese ambassador talked about a plane that came into the c