Journalist Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Delta State

The managing editor of Niger Delta Today, Okpare Ovie Onojeghen has tested positive for COVID-19.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday.

He went on to urge members of the public who have had close contact with him to go into self-isolation for two weeks.

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“Niger Delta Today (NDT), online publishers of ‘news you can trust’, wishes to inform our numerous readers, newsmakers, followers and the general public that our Managing Editor (ME), OKPARE OVIE THEOPHILUS ONOJEGHEN, has TESTED positive from test results availed us from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),” the statement read.

“This honest public notice is not to create panic or stir uncontrollable emotions. ME in spite of this reality is in positive spirit, now isolated, undergoing necessary recovery process. No cause for unnecessary alarm, even for NDT which will continue to serve you “news you can trust” even in these trying moments.

“We fervently can’t ask more for your support and prayers than now, and also very important, we urge those who have been in contact with our ME recently to also duly self-isolate for the next two weeks to observe their situation. COVID-19 is real.

“We urge the GENERAL PUBLIC to be guided and guarded by observing all necessary containment protocols.”

This news comes hours after the governor of Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa, announced that he was going on isolation because his daughter had tested positive.

Delta state has become another hot spot for COVID-19 cases as it records another 66 cases on Friday after the 105 cases recorded the previous day resulting into 781 total cases.