Motuary Rejects Corpse Over Fear Of Coronavirus

The corpse of an 83-year-old woman, known as Mrs. Bamigbola Olayemi has been rejected by the management of General Hospital in Egbe, under Yagba West Local Government area of Kogi State, over suspicion that she died of COVID-19.

Naija News learnt that before she died , she was admitted at the Accident and Emergency Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, after she complained of progressive generalized body weakness and fever.

The fears entertained according to sources was borne out of reports that Abuja has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the country.

Kogi State presently has reported zero cases of the deadly virus.