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Covid-19: FG speaks on report of Buhari being on ventilator

The Federal Government says President Muhammadu Buhari is not on any ventilator as being rumoured.

There had been rumours that the president was down with coronavirus.

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The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, debunked the report about Buhari being placed on a ventilator at a press conference in Abuja today.

Lai emphasised that the president was not sick.

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The minister said 4,370 Nigerians that had contact with suspected cases were still being traced. He expressed the fear that cases of coronavirus might rise “exponentially” if communities were hit.

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