Nigeria, June 26 -- Eight officials of the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, have tested positive for coronavirus, an official said.

The spokesperson of the hospital, Segun Orisajo, noted that the affected staff consist of medical doctors, nurses and an administration official.

According to him, the workers were part of the team which had contact with the infected toddler currently receiving treatment at the centre's isolation ward.

PREMIUM TIMES, last week, reported how the two-year-old contracted the virus. This led to the closure of the Children ward in the hospital.

This paper gathered that the COVID-19 positive status of the affected officials was detected during the round of contact tracing carried out by the hospital's...