Tests conducted on persons closest to the Kano State’s index case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have revealed five additional cases, the State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has confirmed.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Ganduje made the confirmation on Wednesday after the Kano State Ministry of Health first made the announcement.
“Tests conducted on persons closest to the state’s index case of #COVID19 have revealed 5 additional cases. We now have a total of 9 cases in the state and more testing is ongoing to box the spread of the pandemic. Please stay indoors and give us a fighting chance,” Ganduje said.
https://twitter.com/GovUmarGanduje/status/1250372463537643520?s=19
Wednesday, 15th April 2020. As at 10:25 am, 5 additional cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in @KanostateNg @NCDCgov @FMICNigeria @dawisu @NOA_Nigeria @Chikwe_I @NphcdaNG
#StaySafeNigeria #StayHome pic.twitter.com/8KfIOT2Bih— Kano State Ministry of Health (@KNSMOH) April 15, 2020
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Recall that a 75 year old former ambassador of the Federal Republic has been documented as the index case of COVID-19 in the State of Kano. Although he has no travel history outside the country, the former civil servant did return from Abuja on the eve of the State’s border closure.
The patient is being isolated at the Kwanar Dawarki Research Center and several tests have been conducted on persons who have come in contact with him in the past period, according to State officials.