o be exact, on July 6th, Ojo was diagnosed with pneumonia (lung infection) in the right lung, while a week later, a start of pneumonia in the left lung was noticed.
All of these tests were done at a private clinic, which gave him twice the recommendations to go into the COVID infective referral clinic and at Belgrade. Ojo decided not to. He was given complete treatment, antibiotics as well as various vitamins and minerals to fight through his condition.
His blood analysis was still bad on July 29th, while his exam on August 5th showed that pneumonia had slowed down. He was also developing antibodies that suggest he recovered from coronavirus and was getting his immunity back up.
On the same day, Ojo got permission and a suggestion for light/moderate physical activity, which would mean that as soon as he would feel the least tired, he should stop.
The big and controversial problem arises since, according to Covic and Zvezda’s findings,
Ojo told his doctor that he trained even before he was cleared and that he was getting tired really fast. He practiced on July 31st, August 1st, and 4th, before dying during the next training session, three days later.
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After all that, the August 7th happened and I see no reason why anything should be mystifying. The family and the Nigerian embassy are looking for the complete truth of what happened,” Covic noted while adding that the local prosecutor’s office initiated a procedure, while
the Nigeran embassy is also insisting on discovering the whole truth about the circumstances of Ojo’s death.
Crvena Zvezda president noted that doctors advise against intense physical activity for three, four, even up to six weeks after pneumonia, even in the case of athletes. He also stated that coronavirus and pneumonia, which followed could have impacted the heart condition of the deceased player.