Veteran singer, Mike Okri contracts COVID-19 despite full vaccination

Veteran musician Mike Okri has contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.

Okri, who recently returned home after so many years abroad, said he caught the virus on Friday, August 20, a day before he was due to travel.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-9958298277854264&output=html&h=312&adk=3423664379&adf=778779851&pi=t.aa~a.3935942054~i.12~rp.4&w=375&lmt=1629729390&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=2651786207&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=375×312&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ladunliadinews.com%2F2021%2F08%2Fveteran-singer-mike-okri-contracts-covid-19-despite-full-vaccination%2F&flash=0&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=296&rw=355&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&dt=1629729390816&bpp=3&bdt=1361&idt=4&shv=r20210816&mjsv=m202108190101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D5696900539aeaf3c-2222fdccb2c900f4%3AT%3D1629543469%3ART%3D1629543469%3AS%3DALNI_MaYGSAT3QSmrIXnz6-p6xR2YQHQRg&prev_fmts=320×50%2C320x50%2C375x391%2C250x250%2C300x600%2C0x0&nras=2&correlator=6588136737274&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=821325249.1628437222&ga_sid=1629729390&ga_hid=1995640062&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=3&u_java=0&u_h=812&u_w=375&u_ah=812&u_aw=375&u_cd=32&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=936&biw=375&bih=635&scr_x=0&scr_y=28&eid=182982000%2C182982200%2C31062297&oid=3&psts=AGkb-H94-L9FCsgEagxtNTTCbAxGyvPsqpJ5B2ZWnE4uKe1vnN__YvIDpmxXTJnn3iBmMOd_ouNDhvJP3JQUoNY%2CAGkb-H8LCK7w-cjKr9flyGz9FhK57odcLe6iAbIpYRFZcmEEcFGRu4Z5yc–O5LHUDA3X7YcP6cMsOSXzKVFK3Q&pvsid=3946277170640805&pem=881&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ladunliadinews.com%2F&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C375%2C0%2C375%2C812%2C375%2C654&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=7&uci=a!7&btvi=5&fsb=1&xpc=QAwrqR6ASO&p=https%3A//www.ladunliadinews.com&dtd=28

He said he felt “devastated” and “funny” and had gone into self-isolation at home for 10 or 14 days.

Announcing his health status during a Facebook Live video, Okri said: “Hey folks, this is coming to me as a rude shock. I had my Covid test on Friday, hoping to fly today, Saturday and it turned out it was positive.

“I’m so devastated, which means that I can’t travel for another 10 to 14 days. As I’m speaking now, I’m self-quarantined.

“I just want to tell folks that yes, for those doubting Thomases, that the damn thing is real.

“I’m feeling funny; even though I had my vaccines, double shots, I’m still almost like, hmm, that doesn’t mean that you’re immune.

“So, folks, there are a lot of people walking around with it, but they don’t even know.”

Okri relocated to the United States in 1995.