Kaduna State Government has disclosed that the four-month old child who recently tested positive for COVID-19 has been discharged but there..
Kaduna State Government has disclosed that the four-month old child who recently tested positive for COVID-19 has been discharged but there are still 76 active cases in the state as at Friday.
The Commissioner warned that ‘’the state has tested almost 2000 samples, but case numbers are likely to rise further as more tests are conducted in more places. The statement reiterated that most of the cases either have a history of interstate travel or are contacts of infected persons.‘’In addition to public health warnings to avoid interstate travel, state health officials have been engaged in vigorous contact tracing to contain the spread of the infections,’’ she assured.
The Commissioner revealed that the state has taken ‘’delivery of a mobile testing truck a few days ago, while it awaits the delivery of equipment that would enable the mobile truck and 12 GeneXpert machines spread across several general hospitals to increase the number of testing labs in the state.’’
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