13 Imo Lawmakers Test Positive For COVID-19

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

Thirteen members of the Imo State House of Assembly have tested positive for coronavirus.

The lawmakers have immediately gone into isolation at different centres in the state.

The Chairman of the State Task Force Team on COVID-19, Prof. Maurice Iwu  made this discousure on Tuesday during a press briefing.

It would be recalled that members of the Assembly were instructed days ago to undergo coronavirus test after a member tested positive for the pandemic disease.

Governor Hope Uzodinma had directed members to go for compulsory test at Evaright Diagnostic Centre, Owerri to ascertain their COVID-19 status to avoid its likely spread.