COVID-19: Sokoto Partners FG on Strategic Plan
Following the visit and recommendation of a Ministerial Task Force on the COVID-19 pandemic to Sokoto state, the state government is now poised to evolve a strategic plan on the pandemic in partnership with the federal government and other technical partners.
Thereafter, the state, noted the governor, requested the support of the federal government “when we became alarmed by the exponential rise of COVID-19 cases in Sokoto,” by reaching out to Mr President and the federal ministry for health. He also stated that the government was working with UNICEF on the procurement of hand washing machines, 650 of which would be distributed across the state once they are delivered.Dr Nasiru Sani Gwarzo, said the team’s visit was in line with a directive of the federal ministry of health over concerns that unexplained deaths, like those of Kano state, and Sokoto were as a result of COVID-19.
He, however, explained that as epidemiologists, “we need to look at the pattern and look for explanation. We need to find out why older people died more at a stage, although this has dropped.”
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