The FG had attributed 50-60 per cent of the recent 'mysterious deaths' in Kano to COVID-19 but the new report cites 15.9 per cent.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday rejected the federal government’s findings which attributed 50-60 per cent of recent ‘mysterious deaths’ in Kano toMr Ganduje spoke at the Kano government house while receiving a new report of verbal autopsies conducted on the causes of these deaths.
He also hinted that the report would be translated into Hausa “for the consumption of the people at the grassroots so that they would come to know the true situation and clearer picture.” He revealed that, as part the committee’s scientific approach, “mortalities reviewed were for a period of 1 month ”.“Relatives of those who passed away were interviewed by respective Ward Focal Persons , using a structured questionnaire into an electronic platform .
Mr Gadanya disagreed with the earlier report given by the minister of health saying that, “COVID-19 might have contributed 15.9 % of the cases of mortality, but within the limitations of the verbal autopsy method, that cannot provide confirmation.
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