Mr Ojeifo disclosed in an interview with journalists in Benin on Monday that the two deaths were from the six confirmed cases of diphtheria recorded during the same period.
The report was based on case-based data retrieved from the National Lassa Fever Emergency Operations Centre.
“It was beyond us, but we have already apologised to our players and officials over this incident.”
Imo has recorded the highest number of infections of COVID-19, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Ten additional COVID-19 related deaths were also recorded on August 27, 2021, increasing the nation’s fatalities to 2,308.
As of Friday, March 19, Nigeria has lost 2,027 people to the cold grip of the dreaded contagion, COVID-19
Efforts to speak with the Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Prof. Akin Abayomi, were unsuccessful.
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Almost nothing is known about how doctors working as first responders are keeping safe from COVID-19.
It was not immediately clear how many lives have been claimed by the disease across the two communities.
