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13 Imo lawmakers test positive for COVID 19

Thirteen out of the 37 members of the Imo State House of Assembly have tested positive for COVID-19.

Although details of the lawmakers were not readily available, one of the lawmakers had previously been announced as COVID-19 positive prompting the Speaker, Chiji Collins, to shut down the assembly complex for fumigation.

However, the Public Relations Officer of the Imo State COVID-19 Task Force, Chimezie Iwuala, who announced the new figure in Owerri on Tuesday, said that the results followed a number of tests carried out on samples of members of the House of Assembly collected by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

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The Speaker, had, in a statement, ordered a total lockdown of the Assembly complex after one lawmaker tested positive for COVID-19.

The speaker said the fumigation of the Assembly Complex will commence immediately.

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