www.worldometers.info, on Sunday, reported that Egypt with 3,032 cases had carried out 55,000 tests out of a population of 101,950,919, while Ghana with 834 cases had tested 60,916 out of its 30,943,761 population.

Djibouti with 846 cases has tested 8,243 people in the country out of its 985,160 population. Similarly, South Africa with a population of 59,161,220 has recorded 3,158 cases and has carried out 114,711 tests.

Mauritius with 1,271,357 population has recorded 328 cases and has tested 9,755 people of the country, while Nigeria with a population of 205,117,243 has recorded 541 cases has tested 7,153 people.

In another statement on Sunday, the Presidency told the media staff and State House correspondents who covered or attended the burial to self-isolate for the next 14 days.

The Deputy Director, Information, State House, Attah Esa, in a statement titled ‘Advisory to State House Correspondents/Media Staff,’ said, “As a precautionary measure, all State House Correspondents and Media Office Staff who covered/attended the funeral prayer/burial ceremony of the late Chief of Staff, at Defence House and Gudu Cemetery Abuja, respectively, are strongly advised to work from home for the next 14 days.”

A top government source, who confided in one of our correspondents, said, “It is not unconnected with the fact that they did not maintain social distancing. Besides many of them were not well-kitted. Some did not wear face masks. Such a directive is necessary to prevent the spread of the virus to the villa.”

Recall that the late chief of staff contracted the virus during his trip to Germany. Two of his aides were diagnosed with the virus.