Bobby Pickersgill hospitalised

Robert 'Bobby' Pickersgill

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September 18, 2020

Bobby Pickersgill hospitalised

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Former Cabinet minister Robert ‘Bobby’ Pickersgill has been hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19.

Pickersgill was admitted to Medical Associates Hospital a few days ago, and was first diagnosed with dengue, then pneumonia. He tested positive for COVID-19 last evening and was transferred to the University Hospital of the West Indies.

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