The Senior Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Garba Shehu has reportedly confirmed that he has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 virus, and that he is currently in isolation. 
Alhaji Garba Shehu confirmed this on Saturday to Reuters. Alhaji Shehu, who is in his late 50s, is in the immediate circle of 79-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari.
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“I can only confirm that (I am) infected by COVID-19 and on treatment in isolation,” Shehu said.
Several local newspapers reported that some of Buhari’s aides and top officials have contracted the virus, including Information Minister Lai Mohammed.
Mohammed did not respond to calls for comment while a presidency spokesman declined to comment on whether any other official or minister was infected and whether Buhari, who received a booster dose on Tuesday, has been tested.
Buhari and some ministers recently attended summits in Dubai and Turkey after hosting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last month just as the Omicron COVID-19 variant was detected in Southern Africa and Hong Kong.
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