Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on Wednesday confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 in January.
“I was COVID positive in January. I did not have any symptoms. I was asymptomatic,” he told senior medical staff at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he also shared details about his mental state when he received the news.
Dharamlall recounted that by the time he received the confirmation, he had already accepted that he was likely positive. “Then when he [the doctor] called and I said okay this was me. Those two hours after when I immediately went into isolation I really thought I was going to die,” he related.