A four-month old is one of the 20 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Kaduna on Friday, its Ministry of Health has confirmed.The ministry also..
A four-month old is one of the 20 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Kaduna on Friday, its Ministry of Health has confirmed.In a statement by the Commissioner of Health, Dr Amina Mohammed Baloni on Saturday, the ministry revealed that investigations indicate that the father of the infected child has travel history to Kano.
The Commissioner further said that 15 cases out of the 20 new patients are family members or close contacts of previously confirmed cases, adding that the new cases are spread across seven local government areas. According to Baloni, the latest cases show that Covid-19 has spread into nine local governments, including Chikun, Igabi and Giwa, as well as Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Makarfi, Sabon-Gari, Soba and Zaria area councils.‘’This widening spread of Covid-19 means that the risk of infection has increased for persons who do not stay at home or who fail to observe necessary precautions when they go out,’’ she said.
The statement revealed that ‘’one of the Covid-19 fatalities in the state got infected when he received visitors at home.
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