A title holder in the Adamawa emirate has died of suspected COVID-19, causing anxiety within the palace in Yola and the rest of Adamawa State.
Sources at the FMC disclosed that considering the symptoms
he was manifesting, the hospital took his samples for COVID-19 testing and was
placed under surveillance.
The sources said even family members were prevented from
having contact with him.
The hospital was said to have monitored and ensured that
safety rules were observed in the course of the funeral prayer conducted for
him at the hospital premises.
”People were asked to stay far away from the ambulance
carrying the corpse and the medical personnel who prepared the corpse all wore
protective gears.”
The Information Officer of the FMC Yola, Mohammed Dodo,
played down the COVID-19 ‘speculation’ but admitted that the deceased’s blood
sample had been taken for testing and the result was being awaited.
If the tests come out positive, many contacts of the
deceased may be quarantined.
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