The Bayelsa state government has said two suspected COVID-19 cases in the state have tested negative for the dreaded infection.
Chairman of the Implementation Committee of State Task Force On COVID-19, Dr. Inodu Apoku, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Yenagoa, the state capital.
Apoku said the government collected samples from the suspects on Monday and were taken for testing at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State.
He noted that the results were received on Thursday, adding that the patients had been discharged from the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa.
He called on 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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