Dr. Amina Umar
Ganduje, daughter of Kano state governor, has gone into self-isolation after a
co-member on the State Task Force on COVID-19 she worked with got infected with
the virus.
Other members of the
Kano Task Force team include health commissioner Aminu Tsanyawa, environment
commissioner Kabiru Getso, Imam Wada, secretary of the committee and Deputy
governor Gawuna, chairman of the committee.
However, all members
of the team have gone into isolation after co-chairman of the committee,
Professor Abdulrazaq Garba Habibu tested positive to Coronavirus.
DailyTrust quoted a
reliable source within the government to have said, “You know, since they have
mingled with the co-chair, whose status is now known, the best for the rest
members of the committee is to go for self-isolation.
“Their specimen has
been taken for test, but their results are not out for them to know their
status.
“We are praying that
the results would turn negative. But I can confirm to you that virtually all
members of the Kano task force on COVID-19 are now in self-isolation and are
waiting for their results,” the source said.
Abdulrazaq Garba
Habibu, a professor of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, had since been
admitted at the state isolation center at Kwanar Dawaki.
Governor Abdullahi
Umar Ganduje inaugurated the task force on 21st March 2020 with a core mandate
to curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Kano as well as rendering
effective management of cases.
According to the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19
in Kano State as of 10:20 pm on Thursday was 21.
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