The co-chairman of Kano State Task Force on COVID-19, Abdulrazak Habib, has recounted his experience as a patient of the novel coronavirus.
Habib, a professor, who works in the Department of Medicine at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and the Bayero University Kano, was discharged on Thursday, upon treatment and recovery from the infection.reports that the state Commissioner for Health, Aminu Tsanyawa, had on April 17 confirmed that three members of the task force including Habib contracted the disease while serving on the team.
“I got infected while serving as part of the Kano State COVID-19 Task Force. I suffered a moderately severe disease with high fever, cough, mild shortness of breath, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, hypokalemia, severe weakness, and ultimately mild shock. I was sick for about one month and on admission for 20 days.
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