IG Comedian, Sydney Talker, Cries Out After Reportedly Showing Symptoms Of Coronavirus

IG Comedian, Sydney Talker, Cries Out After Reportedly Showing Symptoms Of Coronavirus

Instagram comedian, Sydney Talker, has publicly called for a
Coronavirus test to be carried out on him after reportedly showing
symptoms of the viral disease.

In a post shared on his Instagram page, Sydney said sometime last
week, he developed mild symptoms of the disease and called the hotlines
of the NCDC where he was told they would not be attending to him since
he hasn’t shown all the signs and symptoms of the disease, has not had
any recent international travel history nor had any contact with a
confirmed Coronavirus patient.

According to him,the NCDC and eveyone dismissed his claim, attributing it to one of his many skits.

SydneyTalker said his symptoms persisted and he had to call the
hotlines of the Lagos State Ministry of Health but no one answered his
calls. He said he later contacted them via Twitter and was advised to
get cough syrup and mix lemon in hot water and also take a lot of
liquid. He said he got relief for two days but on Thursday night, he
came down again as he was having serious difficulties breathing.

He was rushed to a private hospital where he was rejected because of
his symptoms and referred to the Mainland hospital where Infectious
disease patients were being treated.

According to Sydney, he arrived the hospital but the doctors on
ground dismissed his claim, saying the symptoms he was showing were not
for Coronavirus disease. After much persuasion, the doctors took his
samples for testing but refused to admit him.

He was later taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital LUTH
where the doctors there reportedly told him to go to the Infectious
hospital as the symptoms he had were those of COVID-19. He said he was
forced to go back home where he is currently taking some medication.

Read his account as posted on his social media pages as well as a video of him reacting to symptoms of COVID-19 below.