Francis Bissong, Deputy Commissioner of Police attached to the Zone 5 headquarters in Benin, Edo State, has lost his life to COVID-19.
According to reports, Bissong had died on Tuesday, April 21, without knowing he was infected with COVID-19.
The state Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia, who confirmed the death said, “We had an unfortunate situation of a 57-year-old police officer who passed on yesterday. The story is not very clear how he got the infection but he developed some illnesses.
“Initially, there was no evidence of suspicion for coronavirus disease but when the symptoms started getting worse he was treated at the police clinic.”
He further explained that his samples were sent for COVID-19 test, but died before the rest result was delivered.
“He was placed on self-isolation, however, the result came out and it was positive. By the time we could get to his house to move him to an isolation centre, we discovered that the man had died that same day. It is really unfortunate and the result came after the man had died,” Okundia stated.
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