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Bayelsa’s suspected COVID-19 cases test negative

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The Bayelsa State government said on Sunday two suspected COVID-19 cases in the state had tested negative for the virus.

The Chairman of the Implementation Committee of Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Inodu Apoku, who disclosed this in a statement, said the samples were collected from the suspects on Monday and taken to the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State for testing.

According to Apku, the results were received on Thursday.

He said the patients had been discharged from the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa.

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The Bayelsa task force chairman urged members of the public to continue to be vigilant and report anyone manifesting symptoms of the virus through the appropriate channels so that such persons could be screened.

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