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Covid-19: Raymond Dokpesi, seven other family members test positive
Barely few days after the chairman of the board of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr tested positive for coronavirus, the founder of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi Snr and his daughter-in-law, along with six members of his family, have tested positive for the virus.
This was discovered after a test was conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on the Dokpesi family came out positive for eight members of the family
They have all been evacuated by the NCDC to the isolation centre at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada where his son is already receiving treatment
Reacting to the development, Dokpesi who spoke shortly after the arrival of the NCDC Ambulance, said he feels very well.
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“I am of quite ok, I feel very well”, he said, an indication that his condition is still asymptotic
On Monday, his son, Raymond Jnr, tested positive for the virus and has been sent to the Isolation Centre in Abuja. Contact tracing immediately commenced with his family members including his father, High Chief Dokpesi and members of his household.
The test was later extended to senior management and members of staff who had been in close contact with the company’s index case.
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