The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test result of an American woman (name withheld), who suddenly died in a hotel Delta State has been released.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the American woman died on Saturday at Acemco Hotel, Okuokoko in Okpe Local Government Area of the State.
Following the lodgement of the death case at the Orerokpe police station, health officials in Delta carried out an autopsy, including a COVID-19 test to ascertain the cause of the death.
The COVID-19 test returned negative, according to the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye, who made it known in a statement on Tuesday.
According to several sources, the American woman reportedly entered Nigeria on the 3rd of March 2020 at the invitation of her online Nigerian boyfriend.
Sources revealed that the American woman and her Nigerian boyfriend have been lodged at the Okuokoko hotel since her arrival in the country.
While report of the American woman’s escapade in Nigeria is yet to be confirmed, the cause of her death is yet to be confirmed, as well, after the negative COVID-19 test.
According to the Delta State Commissioner for Health, the young man suspected to be the deceased boyfriend also tested negative to the Coronavirus.
The Commissioner advised residents to comply with government’s directives on precautionary measures to protect from the disease, stressing that this was the only way to contain the scourge.
Meanwhile, the police have started investigations to unravel the cause of the death of the 67 years old Caucasian American woman.
The lady’s boyfriend who took her corpse to the Orerokpe police station, according to reports, is being monitored at the isolation unit of the Central Hospital Warri.
The American Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate in Lagos State are yet to comment on the matter.