“Birninkudu, Gumel, and Gujungu will be on total lockdown for one week starting from April 30, by 12 midnight after two cases were confirmed from those areas.” Jigawa Coronavirus Covid19 Nigeria
Governor Muhammad Badaru told newsmen in Dutse that the cases were confirmed after tests were conducted on suspected persons.
According to Badaru, the two infected persons are from Birninkudu and Gumel Local Government Areas of the state. He added that the two affected LGAs, including Gujungu town in Taura LGA, which the suspects had visited, would be locked down for seven days from 12 midnight of April 30. “Birninkudu, Gumel, and Gujungu will be on total lockdown for one week starting from April 30, by 12 midnight after two cases were confirmed from those areas,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the governor had on April 20 announced the first index case of the COVID-19 in Kazaure LGA.The governor pledged that the state government would take additional measures to stop the virus from spreading further in the state.
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