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How coronavirus killed 68-year-old UK-based Nigerian doctor

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A doctor of Nigerian origin, Alfa Sa’adu, who lives in the United Kingdom, has died after battling with the deadly coronavirus disease.

 

Sa’adu, 68, who is also the galadima of Pategi in Kwara state, died of complications from the disease on Tuesday.

Aisha Ahman-Pategi, Kwara state commissioner for chieftaincy affairs, confirmed his demise.

Until his demise, Sa’adu worked at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. He is the second reported Nigerian to die of the virus on foreign soil.

Bassey Offiong, a student of Western Michigan University in the US, died of COVID-19 on Saturday in the US.

As of Tuesday, Nigeria has 135 confirmed coronavirus cases.

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