{"id":13762,"date":"2020-05-18T10:37:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T10:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13762"},"modified":"2020-05-18T10:37:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T10:37:10","slug":"three-dubai-returnees-reportedly-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13762","title":{"rendered":"Three Dubai returnees reportedly test positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Comm-Akin-Abayomi.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19: Nine people including foreigner discharged in Lagos\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lagos State Government on Sunday said that three of the 256 Nigerians evacuated from the United Arab Emirates have tested positive for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\">COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on his Twitter handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He tweeted: \u201d3 of the returnees recently evacuated from Dubai have tested positive for #COVID19 infection following #COVID19 test conducted on them. Those affected have been admitted to @followlasg #COVID19 care centre for appropriate treatment protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ripples Nigeria had also reported how Prof Abayomi had earlier claimed that one of the Dubai returnees had died from the covid-19, a claim that was later refuted by the returnees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state government had retracted its claim and subsequently apologized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Government on Sunday said that three of the 256 Nigerians evacuated from the United Arab Emirates have tested positive for&nbsp;COVID-19. The state Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on his Twitter handle. 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