Distressed man in viral video tested negative to COVID-19, but died from hypertension —Kaduna govt

The Kaduna State Government has revealed that the man who appeared distressed in a video which went viral on social media has tested negative to the deadly COVID-19 disease which has spread across the country.

This was revealed on Sunday by the Kaduna State Ministry of Health which stated that the man in the video identified as a 27-year old, had been sick for a while before he traveled from Ogun State to his hometown in Jigawa.

Dr Amina Baloni, the State Commissioner for Health, in a statement in Kaduna on Sunday said his test result of the man who appeared distressed which sparked speculation that he may have contracted the virus, returned negative but was diagnosed with severe hypertension.

He however passed away.

”Tasiu Mohammed, the man who was shown in distress in a video that was widely circulated a few days ago, has tested negative to COVID-19.

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“The 27-year old, had been sick for a while before he traveled from Ogun State to his hometown in Jigawa.

”Given his sickly state, the vehicle he was traveling in dropped him at the Western Bye-pass in Kaduna.

”From there, he was taken to the Primary Health Centre in Hayin Bankin, where the video was recorded by people frightened that he might be a COVID-19 case,” she said.

Baloni said the patient was evacuated from Hayin Bankin to the isolation centre where he was assessed by the medical team, tested for COVID-19 and his result returned negative.

“He was treated as a case of severe hypertension with acute pulmonary oedema, unfortunately, he passed away at the isolation centre,” she added.

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