ELSWORTH Johnson in Parliament. Photo: Donovan McIntosh/Tribune Staff
By RASHAD ROLLE
Tribune Senior Reporter
rrolle@tribunemedia.net
IMMIGRATION Minister Elsworth Johnson has confirmed he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Mr Johnson, who is vaccinated against the virus, said he has mild symptoms.
“I am truly grateful to God for His unmerited favour to my family and I,” he told The Tribune yesterday.
“Stay safe, be careful, practice the protocols and get vaccinated. I am advised that my symptoms were mild because I am fully vaccinated.”
This comes as attorney Wayne Munroe was discharged from Doctors Hospital yesterday amid his battle with COVID-19.
“This morning I am happy to announce that I will be discharged from hospital,” Mr Munroe said in a statement. “Again I would like to thank the hardworking team at Doctors Hospital led by Dr Kevin Moss for the care I have received. I will continue my outpatient care at home in isolation until I have fully recovered.”
Last week, Mr Munroe revealed he was admitted to hospital after his doctor grew concerned with his oxygen level. He told The Tribune: “I have a priest who is a doctor, Dr Roland Hamilton, and I let him take a rapid antigen test that came back negative. I took a PCR test the same time and Dr Hamilton came and tested my oxygen level and said my oxygen level was 91 or something like that and so he felt that must be COVID despite the antigen test.
“He asked us to get oxygen for our home. We did that. Over the course of the evening the oxygen was running out and the oxygen wasn’t what he liked so I was brought here and admitted here.
“They did a CT scan of my lung. They say it is inflamed or something like that and that based on what they see, the treatment is drugs, steroids, that kind of thing. They’re not looking at (intubation) or anything like that,” he said at the time.
Mr Munroe, the Progressive Liberal Party’s candidate for Freetown, has previously voiced his opposition to COVID-19 vaccines, stating he had no plans to get vaccinated. He recently told a local daily that despite his diagnosis, he still had no plans to get the shot.
Meanwhile, former Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia “Mother” Pratt also told The Tribune last week she is doing better after her fight with the virus.
She was discharged from the Kendall Regional Hospital in Florida last week and is expected to return home this week. She was in hospital for 11 days.
“The medication had to set in and you had to do all these different tests and stuff like that,” she said. “Six different medical doctors were dealing with me and all of them had their portfolios.”
Comments
carltonr61 2 years, 9 months ago
PLP Dr Darville on sir with miss Black. Spinning only WHO science. He sounds as as Gates as Minnis.
ohdrap4 2 years, 9 months ago
Because I was on the pill, I am lucky to be only a little bit pregnant. Very mild.
John 2 years, 9 months ago
When everyone was on one accord and battling this virus, the results were better. Then the vaccines came along and a battle erupted between the pro Vaccine and the anti-vaccinators. Google ‘Hatfields and McCoys’ then carry on smartly.
John 2 years, 9 months ago
The McCoy family lived mostly on the Kentucky side of the Tug Fork; the Hatfields lived mostly on the West Virginia side.[1][2] The majority of the Hatfields, although living in Mingo County (then part of Logan County), fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War; most McCoys also fought for the Confederates,[3] with the exception of Asa Harmon McCoy, who fought for the Union. The first real violence in the feud was the death of Asa as he returned from the war, murdered by a group of Confederate Home Guards called the Logan Wildcats. Devil Anse Hatfield was a suspect at first, but was later confirmed to have been sick at home at the time of the murder. It was widely believed that his uncle, Jim Vance, a member of the Wildcats, committed the murder.[4]
The Hatfields were more affluent than the McCoys and politically well-connected. Anse's timbering operation was a source of wealth for his family, while the McCoys were more of a lower-middle-class family. Ole Ran'l owned a 300-acre (120 ha) farm. Both families had also been involved in the manufacturing and selling of illegal moonshine, a popular commodity at the time.
John 2 years, 9 months ago
The point is if one was to drive through the Kentucky-West Virginia area, there are two graveyards, one filled with Hatfields and the other McCoys. Today the graveyards are being filled with pro-vaccinated and anti-vaccinators. And whilst the common goal is survival and to beat this virus pandemic, being sidetracked by this vaccines debacle is sending many to an early grave.
xtreme2x 2 years, 9 months ago
Is Mr Munroe an atheist? I ask because; in his statement he thank the Drs and nurses for his recovery, but not GOD!!!
Sickened 2 years, 9 months ago
Lordy. God creates these viruses and then leaves it up to doctors and nurses to help them. All in the plan my son! Never question God - even if he man suffers the most horrible deaths - it is all his intention.
ThisIsOurs 2 years, 9 months ago
I dont see anything wrong with him not thanking God. (even though I would) Maybe he did a silent prayer. Further if he's an atheist who cares, he didn't apply for the position of bishop. Everybody has to answer for themselves or are we going to make Christianity mandatory too?
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