Corroborating, Ebomwonyi Osagie, head of the state’s COVID-19 case management, said the test positivity rate has increased to 19.2 percent, noting that the virus is now spreading among young persons who in turn transmit it to their parents and elderly ones.
Edo State government on Wednesday alerted the public to the rising COVID-19 infections among the younger population; urging residents to adhere to the preventive measures in order curtail the spread and prevent deaths.
Pius Ononigwe, Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) representative in Edo S
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