Though Kano hosts an international airport, it is no hub for foreign travel, as Lagos and Abuja. Yet, since its index case, COVID-19 rises in Kano, more than any other state, in comparative terms.
•Spiralling COVID-19 cases need urgent attention; just as an illness, said to have claimed some 151 lives, needs urgent probe
These contrasting positions, on such a serious public health issue, underscore the imperative for an urgent and clinical probe, to ascertain the true situation. Clear answers to these troubling questions would help the National Centre for Disease Control , in concert with the Kano State government and private sector donors, to fashion out a strategy to face-down the developing crisis. Urgent response is imperative, lest Kano becomes the new national COVID-19 epicentre.
Still, much of Kano’s angst would appear self-induced.
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