At least 342 people with the Covid-19 disease have died in the West African country, where 12,233 cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed up to Sunday. “The Nigerian government sent the chartered plane to collect the drug to treat one of its governors affected by coronavirus,” a Foreign Ministry statement said. The arrangement was made following a phone conversation Saturday between Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and his Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Kalam Abdul Momen, according to the statement. Nigeria is interested in importing the drug from Bangladesh subject to its efficacy, according to the Foreign Ministry statement. It brought into memory the exact picture of a musical icon who the country lost to the icy pincers of death.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 07, 2020 19:07 UTC