Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered immediate and total lockdown of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area for two weeks following a suspected case of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the area.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered immediate and total lockdown of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area for two weeks following a suspected case of coronavirus pandemic in the area.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that claims by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control that Abubakar Ejibunu, the Chief Imam of Kabba, had tested positive to the disease has continued to generate controversy between the Kogi government and the NCDC. He said, “We shall not relent in verifying the genuineness of the NCDC claim and we remain resolute in pursuing the matter to a logical conclusion.
Mr Bello also directed the Incident Management Team of COVID-19 in the state, headed by the commissioner for Health, Saka Haruna Audu, to embark on immediate door-to-door visitation of residents of the council area for collation of samples for test.The governor also ordered a 14-day isolation of medical personnel and other persons at the Federal Medical Center, Lokoja, who accompanied the accident victims to Abuja.
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