By Ismail Auwal
President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, has announced his recovery from COVID-19.
“I thank Almighty Allah for my speedy recovery from COVID-19. My prayers and deepest respect are for all of you, who prayed, called or texted expressing your concerns for me,” he wrote.
Nigeria has been reporting a steady increase in COVID-19 infections in recent days, in what the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed as the fourth wave of the pandemic (NCDC).
Nigeria recorded 4,035 cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day count since the pandemic began in 2020.
Nigeria had 239,019 cases of COVID-19 as of the time of this report, with 213,180 people discharged and 3,027 deaths recorded.
