The 67-year-old Caucasian American woman that slumped and died in a hotel room in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area on Sunday has tested negative for coronavirus.
Dr. Mordi Ononye, Delta State Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to newsmen.
Ononye said the young man alleged to be the deceased boyfriend also tested negative to Coronavirus adding that samples of him and the deceased woman were taken for tests.
It was gathered that the lady’s boyfriend who took her corpse to the Orerokpe Police Station, was taken to an Isolation Unit at the Central Hospital Warri after created the fear of having the dreaded coronavirus.
In that same vein, Ononye urged residents to comply with the government’s directives on precautionary measures against contracting the disease
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