The family of the former president John Jerry Rawlings reported to have died of COVID19 said they don’t want him to be remembered as a statistics.
The late Jerry Rawlings 73, from the Volta region of ghana died in a hospital on Thursday 12th of November, 2020. The family say there is speculations that their beloved one died from COVID19 but the family has made clarification on the cause of death.
“These headlines are very hurting and disturbing to us that he has become a statistics of COVID19”, a family member said. As far us we are concerned he died of a brief illness, he was covid negative at the time of his death contrary to reports, zenator Rawlings said in a statement. “we request privacy at this difficult moment. Details of his funeral will be announced in due course said zenator”.
Mean while the Ghanaian government has declared seven days mourning in his honour
