Nine symptoms that should make you immediately test for COVID-19
Afnews Editor
Jun 13, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has urged citizens to call their state hotlines for advice if they experience certain symptoms.
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They include loss of taste/smell, body pain, headache, diarrhea, catarrh, etc.
The agency said this in a tweet on its verified Twitter page.
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It read: "If you have COUGH or FEVER and 1 of these symptoms
loss of taste/smell
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Difficulty breathing
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Diarrhea
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Cattarh
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Fatigue
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Shivering
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Body pain
Headache
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Sore throat
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"Please call your state hotline for advice.ÔÇØ
The hotlines can be found on NCDC's website and social media pages.
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NCDC announced 627 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday night.
It brings the tally in the country to 15,181.
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— Afnews Editor