Participants in Abba Kyari’s burial tested negative to Coronavirus- FCT
The Federal Capital
Territory Administration (FCTA) says all those who attended the funeral of late
Abba Kyari, the former chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari on April
18, have tested negative for COVID-19. Late Kyari died on April 17 as a result
of COVID-19.
There was an outcry
from Nigerians after videos and pictures from the funeral, showed that those
present at the funeral, disregarded all the prevention guidelines issued by the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), such as social distancing, to limit
the spread of COVID-19.
All those who
attended the funeral were asked to immediately isolate themselves while those
that work in the presidency were asked to distance themselves from the
presidential villa.
According to a tweet
posted on Sunday night on the FCTA handle, Mohammed Kawu, acting secretary,
health and human services secretariat at the FCTA, said all those identified and isolated,
tested negative and have been reunited with their families.
“The FCT Health
& Human Services Secretariat is happy to announce that the individuals
exposed during the burial of late COS to the President have completed their
14days of isolation. Tests were conducted and they have all tested NEGATIVE to
#COVID19,” it read.
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