Gombe Speaker, Four Lawmakers Test Positive For COVID-19

Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim, Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Four other lawmakers have also tested positive. Their identities have, however, remain undisclosed.
The speaker and the four other lawmakers are said to be part of the 13 new cases in Gombe State announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday.
It was learnt that the speaker and the lawmakers have since been admitted at treatment centres in the state.
Also, all persons who have had contact with the lawmakers are being identified and traced, TheCable quoted a source as saying.
This development comes one week after Muhammad Yahaya, Governor of Gombe State, ordered the closure of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) office and the Government House clinic following the death of a director in the office of the SSG.
Shuaibu Danlamia, the director, tested positive for COVID-19 before his death.
After the director’s demise, Governor Yahaya directed all government appointees in the state to undergo COVID-19 tests.
Gombe State has recorded 230 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Monday, according to the NCDC.