Governor Rotimi Akeredelo, has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus.
The 63-year-old Ondo state governor announced this at a press conference in Akure, the state capital today June 30.
”I had malaria a few days ago and was treated. I did get over it and as at the time we had our party NEC and my colleagues called on me, I spoke with one of them who felt that malaria shouldn’t be treated lightly but that I should go ahead and have a test for COVID19.
The result come out today June 30 and I tested positive.
I am asymptommatic. I am not feeling sick nor feeling hot in anyway but my doctors have decided I should take the normal treatment and self isolate. I beleieve that supervised home management will be ideal for me for now and so from now I will be isolated and go on with the supervised home management” he said
Ondo state currently has 276 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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