Kano records first COVID-19 confirmed case

Kano State has recorded its first confirmed COVID-19 case. This was disclosed on TVC News’ Twitter handle.

There is an allegation that the index case is a retired technocrat, who returned from Lagos.

Governor Abdullahi Umar is reported to be in a crucial meeting with health officials to inform the public officially. The said COVID-19 patient traveled from Lagos to Abuja and finally landed in Kano.

According to the report, he was diagnosed at the reactivated COVID-19 laboratory test centre at the Amimu Kano Teaching Hospital where he tested positive. He is said to have moved to the isolation centre in Kwanar Dawaki, Kano.