By Terence DaviesTNTKIVEA, Australia (AP) – After being told he was dead, a reporter covering the coronavirus pandemic found himself on the front lines.TNT News has learned the late reporter and former host of The Agenda who worked for a leading Australian television network died after he was infected with coronaviruses and was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead on March 6.ABC journalist Steve Houghton was declared a “missing person” by the state government after being diagnosed with the coronivirus on May 16.
His family was notified, but the news was not made public until Tuesday.
His family told The Next Week in a statement Tuesday that Houghtons death was not a result of the virus, but of the disease itself.ABC journalists Steve Hroughton, left, and Steve Hohne are among those who died in the coronavet virus outbreak.ABC News’ David Smith and Paul Dacre contributed to this report.
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