16 Almajiri Children Test Positive For COVID-19 In Jigawa
A health worker takes a boy’s sample for COVID-19 test at the isolation centre in Jigawa State.The Jigawa State government has received the results of 45 samples of Almajiri children tested for coronavirus .
He revealed that the results of 16 samples returned positive while that of the remaining children came out negative. He noted that the government was expecting the results of the other 562 also in isolation in Kiyawa Local Government Area of the state. He, however, noted that the other ones who tested positive would remain at the isolation centre until they recover from the disease.
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