BREAKING: KANO ADMITS TO UNUSUAL RISE IN DEATH RATE
The Kano government has finally admitted to the unusual rise in death rate in the state, describing it as a serious situation.
Earlier, during the week, there have been series of reports on rising death cases in the state. Meanwhile, the governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, had said rumored number of death cases were inflated.
Still on this note, the state’s commissioner for information, on Sunday, 26th April, said it is striving to ensure that residents are safe.
He said the government has been commended from within and outside the state over the proactive measures it took check the spread of COVID-19.
“This explains why Kano, apart from being the most populace state, did not record a case of the pandemic until lately. Though we agree that the situation on hand currently is serious, we are not resting on our oars in taking appropriate measures to ensure that the good people of Kano state, and indeed, residents in the state protect themselves from the novel COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
“Moreso, the state government has three modern isolation centres where those tested positive to COVID-19 are being cared for. We are also hopeful of getting additional two isolation soonest. The government has also hired a hotel where suspected cases are accommodated.
“Also, Kano state government is collaborating with Bayero University Kano (BUK) to establish a testing centre within the institution, which will be ready in two weeks time after being certified by the NCDC. This will, indeed, enhance our determination to ensure that every suspected case undergo test.
“Governor Ganduje has also sent a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to urgently work on the NCDC testing centre at AKTH which has been closed down for some time now.
“We have enough medical manpower that can take care of the patients. What we are now asking for is financial assistance from the Federal Government and other donors to help sustain all this infrastructure and continue the provision of palliatives to our people.”
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He reiterated that the government is already working to curtail the ugly rising incidents.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on 25th April, Katsina has recorded 30 cases of Coronavirus.
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