Niger State has launched a manhunt for another COVID-19 case who allegedly absconded from Minna isolation centre.
Governor Abubakar Bello said he had sent a search party after the man said to be from Kano and take him back to the isolation centre.
This makes the second time a coronavirus case will escape from an isolation centre in the state, the first being a woman from Kano who disappeared from the Suleja Isolation Centre.Meanwhile, Bello has announced the extension of the lockdown on the state by another two weeks. However, the state government retained the windows for the people to buy food items and observe Friday and Sunday prayers.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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