Days after his son tested ppsitive for coronavirus, founder of DAAR Communication, Raymond Dokpesi, has also contracted the pandemic.
Also, seven other members of his family have tested positive in their Abuja base.
This is the outcome of the tests the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control carried out on them after the Raymonf Dokpesi junior got infected.
Reports say they have all been evacuated by the NCDC to the isolation centre at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada where his son is already receiving treatment
“I am of quite ok, i feel very well”, Dokpesi was quoted as commenting on the develooment.
On Monday, his son, Raymond Jnr, tested positive for the virus and has been sent to the Isolation center in Abuja. Contact tracing immediately commenced with his family members including his father, High Chief Dokpesi and members of his household.
The test was later extended to senior management and members of staff who had been in close contact with the company’s index case.
The entire DAAR headquarters building sitting aloft the Kpaduma hills in Asokoro District Of Abuja have since been fumigated.
