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.
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BREAKING: Kano state records first case of Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/U9HQ8z2rIj
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