Merely 12 days after his 80-year-old wife reportedly died of pneumonia, Colonel John Percy Leon Lewis, popularly known as ‘Uncle John,’ passed away on Tuesday night after he began displaying severe symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Lewis, 77, became Guyana’s sixth coronavirus victim although this was not confirmed until yesterday afternoon. It was confirmed by Minster Volda Lawrence, who said briefly during the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) daily COVID-19 update, “Please note that the tests results of the person who died last evening confirmed that he was positive.”
When contacted by Stabroek News, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Public Relations Officer Terrence Esseboom indicated that Lewis was not tested for the disease until after he died.
