Coronavirus: FG Postpones National Sports Festival

The federal government has postponed the National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Edo 2020, as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus in the country.

The Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, made this known in a series of tweets on Tuesday.

This comes after the country confirmed a third case of COVID-19 on Tuesday in a 30-year-old Nigerian lady who arrived from the UK, four days ago.

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The Lagos state government confirms that the patient is clinically stable, and receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Lagos.

More to follow…