By Our Correspondent
The Lagos State Government on Thursday renounced its earlier statement on the COVID-19 status of the late 32-year-old Dubai returnee; stressing that the outcome of his COVID-19 test came out negative.
Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, made the clarification on Thursday night through his verified account on the micro-blogging site, Twitter.
“I hereby inform the general public that the Nigerian, who recently returned from Dubai; as part of a group of returnees who were placed in a #COVID-19 isolation programme in Lekki; developed complications and was transferred to one of our facilities where he died.
“Because of the sudden nature of his demise and without any prior knowledge of his multiple pre-existing conditions; it was presumed to be a #COVID-19 related death, pending confirmation by #COVID-19 Gold standard test.
“This presumptive attribution is a precaution to ensure the safe clinical management of the patient and subsequent handling of the corpse.
“The definitive #COVID-19 gold standard test has turned out to be negative for the #COVID-19 infection; and his death is no longer considered to have been attributable to #COVID-19,” he said.
