By Abah Andrew
The incident Manager Edo State Covid-19 Response, Dr. Obi has revealed that 10 athletes have tested positive of Covid-19 and the carrier have been moved to Stella Obasanjo Isolation Centrein Benin.
He said the affected persons are being managed by the medical team at the centre.
“So far, we have ten persons tested positive and seven of them have been moved to the Stella Obasanjo Isolation Center. They will be there taking their doses until they’re declared fit enough to get back into the public.” Dr Obi confirmed.
Obi confirmed that athletes and officials of Team Kogi conducted their PCR tests before coming to Edo for the tournament. Though, this is against the Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello strong conviction that there is no Covid-19 in the state.
The athletes stated that they were forced into conducting the PCR tests. And when they went through the test, no one tested positive.
