By Okoeki Oziegbe (Lagos) and Kolade Adeyemi (Kano)
One of the sons of the late Ogoni right’s activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has died of COVID-19 in London.
His sister, Noo, announced Menegian’s demise in a Facebook post on Thursday.
She wrote: “We said goodbye to my brother, Gian, on Monday.
“He had COVID-19 combined with underlying health conditions. Gian was the smartest and most talented out of all of us: a champion sprinter at school, a poet, an artist, budding engineer, a self-taught guitarist and pianist. But, mental health issues limited his life from age 16 onwards.
“I took this photo of him a few months ago before he was hospitalised.
“A kind and beautiful soul; always wanting the best for his family; always praying for our future success while being eternally optimistic about his own; And, of course, always loving his music. He leaves a wonderful son, Louis.”
Lagos Health Commissioner Prof. Akin Abayomi announced the death of three more patients in the state. He said they died of Coronavirus related complications.
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Abayomi, through his Twitter account yesterday, said the deceased were males and aged 51; 52 and 62.
He said one of the deceased was a medical doctor that had contact with an infected person who recently returned to the country.
The commissioner, who, did not state details of the two others, simply said: “Other victims have no travel history or record of contact with any infected person.”
According to Abayomi, the state now has 10 COVID-19 related deaths.
In Kano, the government confirmed the death of a patient in the state. The NCDC announced the death in its 11.20pm post on Wednesday.
The Ogun State government also announced the discharge of three coronavirus patients from its isolation centre after testing negative and completed the mandatory 14-day quarantine period.
Health Commissioner Dr. Tomi Coker told reporters: “I have good news. In the last 24 hours, three individuals have been given a clean bill of health in the state and discharged from one of our isolation centres to join their families and resume their normal life, thus bringing the total number of discharged individuals to six.
“We have only three active cases and they are being treated by our doctors and other healthcare workers in one of our isolation and treatment centres.
“In addition, so far, we have identified 210 persons who had contacts with the positive cases, out of which 110 underwent the required 14 days quarantine period. Only two of this number tested positive, the remaining 108 tested negatives on completion of the quarantine period.
“One hundred others are, however, still observing the quarantine period and are being observed and monitored by our specialist doctors and other healthcare workers.”
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